# The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2020, Regulation 10: Prohibited bunkering operations


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/94/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-ship-to-ship-transfers-regulations-2020/regulation-10
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