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The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014

S.I. 2014/3306 · Made 11 December 2014 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Marine Pollution

Made 11th December 2014

Laid before Parliament 17th December 2014

Coming into force 28th January 2015

The Secretary of State is a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 M1 in relation to measures relating to the safety of ships and the health and safety of persons on them M2, in relation to measures relating to the environment M3 and in relation to measures relating to maritime transport M4.

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996 M5, by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987 M6, by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1990 M7, by article 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983 M8, by article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Cooperation Convention) Order 1987 M9, by articles 2 and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2006 M10, by articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage) Order 2006 M11, by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 and by sections 85, 86 and 128(5) and (6) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 M12.

In accordance with section 86(4) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 the Secretary of State has consulted the persons referred to in that section.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

1972 c.68. Section 2(2) was amended by section 27 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c.51) and by section 3 of, and Part 1 of the Schedule to, the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c.7).

M2

S.I. 1993/595.

M3

S.I. 2008/301.

M4

S.I. 1994/757.

M5

S.I. 1996/282; article 2 was amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 (c.23).

M6

S.I. 1987/470, amended by S.I. 1990/2595.

M7

S.I. 1990/2595.

M8

S.I. 1983/1106, amended by S.I. 1985/2002, S.I. 1991/2885 and S.I. 1993/1580.

M9

S.I. 1987/2567.

M10

S.I. 2006/1248.

M11

S.I. 2006/2950.

M12

1995 c.21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by sections 8 and 29 of and Schedule 7 Part 1 to the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c.28) and are applied to hovercraft by article 4 of the Hovercraft (Application of Enactments) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1350) (sections 85 and 86 re-enact sections 21 and 22 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c.39), to which that article refers). There are other amendments which are not relevant to these Regulations. Section 128(5) was amended by the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c.8).

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. 3Regulation 3
  4. Signature
  5. Schedule 1Schedule 1
  6. Schedule 2: AMENDMENTS TO LEGISLATION
  7. 1Paragraph 1
  8. 2Paragraph 2 Repealed
  9. 3Paragraph 3 Repealed
  10. 4Paragraph 4
  11. 5Paragraph 5
  12. 6Paragraph 6
  13. 7Paragraph 7
  14. 8Paragraph 8 Repealed
  15. 9Paragraph 9 Repealed
  16. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 28th January 2015.

2

(1)

The areas of sea defined in Schedule 1 to these Regulations, being within areas for the time being designated under section 41(3) of the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 M1 (exclusive economic zone), are specified as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea M2 for the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

(2)

The coordinates in Schedule 1 are defined on the World Geodetic System 1984 Datum (WGS84).

3

Schedule 2 (amendments to legislation) has effect.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

John Hayes

Minister of State

Department for Transport

Schedule 1

Point No.LatitudeLongitudeLine Type to following point

FIRST AREA

153° 52'.22106N005° 49'.53816WStraight line
253° 46'.00N005° 22'.00WMeridian of longitude
353° 45'.80N005° 22'.00WParallel of latitude
453° 45'.80N005° 19'.33WMeridian of longitude
553° 44'.40N005° 19'.33WParallel of latitude
653° 44'.40N005° 17'.85WMeridian of longitude
753° 42'.14N005° 17'.85WParallel of latitude
853° 42'.14N005° 16'.34WMeridian of longitude
953° 39'.00N005° 16'.34WParallel of latitude
1053° 39'.00N005° 17'.00WMeridian of longitude
1153° 32'.00N005° 17'.00WParallel of latitude
1253° 32'.00N005° 19'.00WMeridian of longitude
1353° 26'.00N005° 19'.00WParallel of latitude
1453° 26'.00N005° 20'.00WMeridian of longitude
1553° 09'.00N005° 20'.00WParallel of latitude
1653° 09'.00N005° 19'.00WMeridian of longitude
1752° 59'.00N005° 19'.00WParallel of latitude
1852° 59'.00N005° 22'.50WMeridian of longitude
1952° 52'.00N005° 22'.50WParallel of latitude
2052° 52'.00N005° 24'.50WMeridian of longitude
2152° 44'.00N005° 24'.50WParallel of latitude
2252° 44'.00N005° 28'.00WMeridian of longitude
2352° 32'.00N005° 28'.00WParallel of latitude
2452° 32'.00N005° 22'.80WMeridian of longitude
2552° 24'.00N005° 22'.80WParallel of latitude
2652° 24'.00N005° 35'.00WMeridian of longitude
2752° 16'.00N005° 35'.00WParallel of latitude
2852° 16'.00N005° 39'.00WMeridian of longitude
2952° 12'.00N005° 39'.00WParallel of latitude
3052° 12'.00N005° 42'.00WMeridian of longitude
3152° 08'.00N005° 42'.00WParallel of latitude
3252° 08'.00N005° 46'.00WMeridian of longitude
3352° 04'.00N005° 46'.00WParallel of latitude
3452° 04'.00N005° 50'.00WMeridian of longitude
3552° 00'.00N005° 50'.00WParallel of latitude
3652° 00'.00N005° 54'.00WMeridian of longitude
3751° 58'.00N005° 54'.00WParallel of latitude
3851° 58'.00N005° 57'.00WMeridian of longitude
3951° 54'.00N005° 57'.00WParallel of latitude
4051° 54'.00N006° 00'.00WMeridian of longitude
4151° 50'.00N006° 00'.00WParallel of latitude
4251° 50'.00N006° 06'.00WMeridian of longitude
4351° 40'.00N006° 06'.00WParallel of latitude
4451° 40'.00N006° 18'.00WMeridian of longitude
4551° 30'.00N006° 18'.00WParallel of latitude
4651° 30'.00N006° 33'.00WMeridian of longitude
4751° 20'.00N006° 33'.00WParallel of latitude
4851° 20'.00N006° 42'.00WMeridian of longitude
4951° 10'.00N006° 42'.00WParallel of latitude
5051° 10'.00N006° 48'.00WMeridian of longitude
5151° 00'.00N006° 48'.00WParallel of latitude
5251° 00'.00N007° 03'.00WMeridian of longitude
5350° 50'.00N007° 03'.00WParallel of latitude
5450° 50'.00N007° 12'.00WMeridian of longitude
5550° 40'.00N007° 12'.00WParallel of latitude
5650° 40'.00N007° 36'.00WMeridian of longitude
5750° 30'.00N007° 36'.00WParallel of latitude
5850° 30'.00N008° 00'.00WMeridian of longitude
5950° 20'.00N008° 00'.00WParallel of latitude
6050° 20'.00N008° 12'.00WMeridian of longitude
6150° 10'.00N008° 12'.00WParallel of latitude
6250° 10'.00N008° 24'.00WMeridian of longitude
6350° 00'.00N008° 24'.00WParallel of latitude
6450° 00'.00000N008° 32'.02264WMeridian of longitude
6549° 50'.00000N008° 32'.02264WParallel of latitude
6649° 50'.00000N008° 36'.00000WMeridian of longitude
6749° 40'.00000N008° 36'.00000WParallel of latitude
6849° 40'.00000N008° 45'.00000WMeridian of longitude
6949° 30'.00000N008° 45'.00000WParallel of latitude
7049° 30'.00000N009° 03'.00000WMeridian of longitude
7149° 20'.00000N009° 03'.00000WParallel of latitude
7249° 20'.00000N009° 12'.00000WMeridian of longitude
7349° 10'.00000N009° 12'.00000WParallel of latitude
7449° 10'.00000N009° 17'.00000WMeridian of longitude
7549° 00'.00000N009° 17'.00000WParallel of latitude
7649° 00'.00000N009° 24'.00000WMeridian of longitude
7748° 50'.00000N009° 24'.00000WParallel of latitude
7848° 50'.00000N009° 24'.53688WMeridian of longitude
7948° 30'.00000N009° 24'.53688WParallel of latitude
8048° 30'.00000N009° 48'.00000WMeridian of longitude
8148° 20'.00000N009° 48'.00000WParallel of latitude
8248° 20'.00000N009° 55'.00241WMeridian of longitude
8348° 10'.81127N009° 55'.00241WParallel of latitude
8448° 10'.81127N010° 48'.56229W

84 to 85 are joined

by a line every point of which is 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baselines from which the breadth

of the territorial sea of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is measured.

8547° 26' 124N009° 52' 637WGeodesic
8648° 05'.935N009° 36'.588WLoxodrome
8749° 11'.940N005° 41'.587WLoxodrome
8849° 12'.107N005° 40'.587WLoxodrome
8949° 12'.940N005° 20'.753WLoxodrome
9049° 13'.307N005° 18'.087WLoxodrome
9149° 14'.407N005° 11'.087WLoxodrome
9249° 23'.175N004° 32'.735WLoxodrome
9349° 27'.325N004° 21'.852WLoxodrome
9449° 27'.608N004° 17'.985WLoxodrome
9549° 32'.075N003° 55'.868WLoxodrome
9649° 32'.642N003° 42'.818WLoxodrome
9749° 33'.142N003° 34'.918WLoxodrome
9849° 38'.443N003° 21'.085WLoxodrome
9949° 46'.443N002° 56'.585WLoxodrome
10049° 57'.777N002° 48'.485WLoxodrome
10150° 09'.178N002° 03'.517WLoxodrome
10250° 09'.195N001° 30'.083WLoxodrome
10350° 08'.395N001° 00'.083WLoxodrome
10450° 07'.428N000° 30'.082WLoxodrome
10550° 13'.163N000° 15'.582WLoxodrome
10650° 14'.147N000° 02'.152ELoxodrome
10750° 19'.630N000° 36'.118ELoxodrome
10850° 23'.313N000° 46'.570ELoxodrome
10950° 38'.582N001° 07'.353ELoxodrome
11050° 47'.782N001° 15'.385ELoxodrome
11150° 49'.463N001° 15'.810ELoxodrome
SECOND AREA
11251° 11'.962N001° 53'.253ELoxodrome
11351° 14'.398N001° 57'.218ELoxodrome
11451° 20'.133N002° 02'.218ELoxodrome
11551° 30'.183N002° 07'.218ELoxodrome
11651° 33'.417N002° 14'.218EGeodesic
11751° 36'.733N002° 15'.120EGeodesic
11851° 48'.250N002° 28'.820EGeodesic
11951° 52'.517N002° 32'.280EGeodesic
12051° 58'.950N002° 37'.517EGeodesic
12152° 00'.950N002° 39'.417EGeodesic
12252° 05'.250N002° 42'.117EGeodesic
12352° 05'.950N002° 42'.817EGeodesic
12452° 12'.350N002° 50'.317EGeodesic
12552° 17'.350N002° 55'.917EGeodesic
12652° 24'.950N003° 03'.417EGeodesic
12752° 37'.250N003° 10'.917EGeodesic
12852° 46'.950N003° 12'.217EGeodesic
12952° 52'.950N003° 10'.417EGeodesic
13053° 18'.050N003° 03'.317EGeodesic
13153° 28'.150N003° 00'.917EGeodesic
13253° 35'.050N002° 59'.217EGeodesic
13353° 40'.050N002° 57'.317EGeodesic
13453° 57'.750N002° 51'.917EGeodesic
13554° 22'.750N002° 45'.717EGeodesic
13654° 37'.250N002° 53'.817EGeodesic
13755° 45'.858N003° 22'.130EGeodesic
13855° 50'.059N003° 23'.913EGeodesic
13955° 55'.116N003° 20'.915EGeodesic
14056° 05'.159N003° 14'.914EGeodesic
14156° 35'.660N002° 36'.712EGeodesic
14257° 54'.262N001° 57'.807EGeodesic
14358° 25'.763N001° 28'.905EGeodesic
14459° 17'.365N001° 42'.602EGeodesic
14559° 53'.766N002° 04'.501EGeodesic
14661° 21'.370N001° 47'.295EGeodesic
14761° 44'.171N001° 33'.493EGeodesic
14861° 44'.171N001° 33'.117EGeodesic
14962° 16'.705N001° 10'.571EGeodesic
15062° 19'.652N001° 08'.409EGeodesic
15162° 22'.323N001° 06'.363EGeodesic
15262° 24'.918N001° 04'.323EGeodesic
15362° 27'.520N001° 02'.187EGeodesic
15462° 30'.137N000° 59'.991EGeodesic
15562° 32'.762N000° 57'.697EGeodesic
15662° 36'.319N000° 54'.638EGeodesic
15762° 39'.940N000° 51'.383EGeodesic
15862° 44'.246N000° 47'.352EGeodesic
15962° 53'.466N000° 38'.355EGeodesic
16062° 58'.325N000° 33'.406EGeodesic
16163° 03'.320N000° 28'.098EGeodesic
16263° 38'.153N000° 11'.103WGeodesic
16363° 44'.189N000° 18'.254WGeodesic
16463° 50'.424N000° 25'.904WGeodesic
16563° 53'.224N000° 29'.444WGeodesic
16663° 40'.649N000° 47'.736WGeodesic
16761° 59'.233N003° 03'.325WGeodesic
16861° 52'.114N003° 11'.729WGeodesic
16961° 21'.611N003° 47'.898WGeodesic
17061° 07'.651N003° 59'.619WGeodesic
17161° 04'.449N004° 02'.425WGeodesic
17261° 02'.757N004° 03'.859WGeodesic
17360° 54'.979N004° 10'.497WGeodesic
17460° 51'.809N004° 14'.008WGeodesic
17560° 47'.717N004° 18'.541WGeodesic
17660° 24'.077N004° 44'.272WGeodesic
17760° 21'.101N004° 56'.672WGeodesic
17860° 18'.754N005° 24'.195WGeodesic
17960° 13'.128N006° 25'.047WGeodesic
18059° 59'.536N009° 43'.613WGeodesic
18160° 02'.419N010° 33'.611WGeodesic
18260° 03'.090N010° 52'.953WGeodesic
18360° 02'.833N011° 16'.458WGeodesic
18460° 07'.306N012° 17'.622WGeodesic
18560° 09'.031N013° 16'.199W185 to 186 are joined by a line every point of which is 200 nautical miles from the nearest point on the baselines from which the breadth of the territorial sea of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is measured.
18656° 34'.63126N014° 19'.86168WParallel of latitude
18756° 34'.63126N014° 10'.00000WMeridian of longitude
18856° 40'.00000N014° 10'.00000WParallel of latitude
18956° 40'.00000N014° 00'.00000WMeridian of longitude
19056° 42'.00N014° 00'.00WParallel of latitude
19156° 42'.00N012° 12'.00WMeridian of longitude
19256° 32'.50N012° 12'.00WParallel of latitude
19356° 32'.50N010° 30'.00WMeridian of longitude
19456° 21'.50N010° 30'.00WParallel of latitude
19556° 21'.50N009° 07'.00WMeridian of longitude
19656° 10'.00N009° 07'.00WParallel of latitude
19756° 10'.00N008° 39'.50WMeridian of longitude
19856° 05'.00N008° 39'.50WParallel of latitude
19956° 05'.00N008° 13'.00WMeridian of longitude
20056° 00'.00N008° 13'.00WParallel of latitude
20156° 00'.00N007° 23'.00WMeridian of longitude
20255° 55'.00N007° 23'.00WParallel of latitude
20355° 55'.00N007° 15'.00WMeridian of longitude
20455° 50'.00N007° 15'.00WParallel of latitude
20555° 50'.00N007° 08'.00WMeridian of longitude
20655° 45'.00N007° 08'.00WParallel of latitude
20755° 45'.00N007° 02'.00WMeridian of longitude
20855° 40'.00N007° 02'.00WParallel of latitude
20955° 40'.00N006° 57'.00WMeridian of longitude
21055° 35'.00N006° 57'.00WParallel of latitude
21155° 35'.00N006° 51'.00WMeridian of longitude
21255° 30'.00N006° 51'.00WParallel of latitude
21355° 30'.00N006° 48'.00WMeridian of longitude
21455° 28'.00N006° 48'.00WParallel of latitude
21555° 28'.00N006° 45'.00WStraight line
21655° 24'.89173N006° 44'.64809W

1

In regulation 3(10) of the Merchant Shipping (Reporting Requirements for Ships Carrying Dangerous or Polluting Goods) Regulations 1995 M1 for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

“controlled waters” means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;”.

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4

In regulation 5 of the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998 M1 for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)

In this regulation “controlled waters” means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment.”.

5

In regulation 12(10) of the Merchant Shipping (Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements) Regulations 2004 M1 for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

“controlled waters” means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;”.

6

In regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008 M1 for the definition of “controlled waters” substitute—

““controlled waters” means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;”.

7

In regulation 2(1) of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008 M1 for the definition of “controlled waters” substitute—

““controlled waters” means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;”.

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Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify the zone beyond the territorial sea around the United Kingdom and the Isle of Man in which the United Kingdom's jurisdiction is exercisable in order to protect and preserve the marine environment. They give effect to Parts V and XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Cmnd. 8941) which provide for coastal States to have jurisdiction over an exclusive economic zone for that purpose. The United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone was declared by the Exclusive Economic Zone Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3161) and the areas it comprises were defined in Schedule A to that Order. The areas specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations are the areas comprising the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone.

Schedule 2 to these Regulations amends other statutory instruments which contain measures to protect and preserve the marine environment, so as to apply them to the United Kingdom's exclusive economic zone, by replacing references to the now revoked Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2128) with references to these Regulations.

No impact assessment has been prepared for this instrument. An Explanatory Memorandum is published alongside this instrument at www.legislation. gov.uk.