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Paragraph 36

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(1)

~The temporary storage of waste consisting of garbage, including any such waste which is special waste, at reception facilities provided within a harbour area in accordance with the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988f1, where such storage is incidental to the collection or transport of the waste and so long as—

(a)

the amount of garbage so stored within a harbour area at any time does not exceed 20 cubic metres for each ship from which garbage has been landed; and

(b)

no garbage is so stored for more than seven days.

(2)

The temporary storage of waste consisting of tank washings, including any such waste which is special waste, at reception facilities provided within a harbour area in accordance with the Prevention of Pollution (Reception Facilities) Order 1984f2, where such storage is incidental to the collection or transport of the waste and so long as—

(a)

the amount of tank washings consisting of dirty ballast so stored within a harbour area at any time does not exceed 30% of the total deadweight of the ships from which such washings have been landed;

(b)

the amount of tank washings consisting of waste mixtures containing oil so stored within a harbour area at any time does not exceed 1% of the total deadweight of the ships from which such washings have been landed.

(3)

In this paragraph—

  • “garbage” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988;

  • “harbour area” has the same meaning as in the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987f3;

  • “ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment including submersible craft, floating craft and any structure which is a fixed or floating platform; and

  • “tank washings” means waste residues from the tanks (other than the fuel tanks) or holds of a ship or waste arising from the cleaning of such tanks or holds.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1988/2293.

f2

S.I. 1984/862.

f3

S.I. 1987/37.