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Regulation 10 Prohibited bunkering operations

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(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) and regulation 11 (exemptions), a bunkering operation must not be carried out in United Kingdom waters unless the ships carrying out the operation are within harbour authority waters.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply to a bunkering operation—

(a)

between a ship and an offshore installation;

(b)

between a ship and its rescue boat or tender;

(c)

to or from a warship or naval auxiliary ship;

(d)

to or from any other ship owned or operated by a State and used solely, for the time being, on government non-commercial service; or

(e)

carried out by or on behalf of a general lighthouse authority.

(3)

In this regulation, “rescue boat” means a ship designed or used to rescue persons in distress and to marshal life rafts.