{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-reception-facilities-for-garbage-regulations-1988/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-reception-facilities-for-garbage-regulations-1988/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2293",
  "legislation_title": "The Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-reception-facilities-for-garbage-regulations-1988",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Direction to provide adequate reception facilities",
  "text": "Where in the case of any harbour or terminal it appears to the Secretary of State, after consultation with the harbour authority or terminal operator, that:\n(a) the harbour or terminal has no reception facilities for garbage from ships, or\n(b) if the harbour or terminal has such reception facilities for garbage, those facilities are not adequate;\nthe Secretary of State may direct the harbour authority or terminal operator to provide, or arrange for the provision of, such reception facilities as may be specified in the direction.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2293/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:51:46.859537+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}