The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983

UK Statutory Instrument 1983 No. 1106 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 27 July 1983
In force from: 2 October 1983
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries
Made under: Merchant Shipping Act 1979

Explanatory note

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This Order enables effect to be given to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (Cmnd. 5748) and the Protocol of 1978 (Cmnd. 7347) relating to the Convention. The Order empowers the Secretary of State to make Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention and Protocol, and in particular with respect to the carrying out of surveys, the issue of certificates, the application of the Regulations to the Crown, the extension of the Order or Regulations to dependent territories, the imposition of penalties and the detention of ships for that purpose. Specified provisions of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, and the Merchant Shipping Act 1974 together with the statutory instruments set out in Schedule 1, will no longer be required once those Regulations are in force and they are accordingly repealed or revoked. Sections 55 to 58 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (investigations of casualties) are applied in relation to a discharge of oil or oily mixture from certain ships as they apply to damage caused by the ship. Any such discharge from a ship to which Regulations made under this Order apply and which is not prohibited thereby is authorised by this Order. By virtue of section 31(2)(b)(ii) of the Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c.40) any discharge so authorised does not constitute an offence under section 31(1) of that Act.

Offences created by this instrument

The Secretary of State may make regulations for the prevention of oil pollution (hereinafter referred to as “the… article 3(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
d that specified contraventions of the Regulations shall be offences punishable on summary conviction by a fine not… article 3(1)(d) · Status not determined · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Prevention Of Oil Pollution Bill Hl Lords · Lords Chamber · 16 December 1985 · Lord Walston
My Lords, I beg to move that the Bill be now read a second time. Your Lordships are accustomed to long, somewhat involved and complex Bills—in fact, your Lordships are in the middle of discussing one at the present time—but in view of the proximity of Christmas and in an attempt to lighten the load and bring in something more seasonable I am presenting a Bill which is not long, complex or difficult to understand and the object of which is simple and clear cut. I believe it will commend itself to all noble Lords who are present at the moment and even to those who are otherwise engaged…
Hovercraft (Application Of Enactments) Order 1989 Lords · Lords Chamber · 25 July 1989
The purpose of the present order is, first, to apply to hovercraft international requirements arising from the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973. The main purpose of this convention is to ensure that oil and oily mixtures and garbage are not discharged into the sea or coastal and inland waters navigable by seagoing vessels. The convention applies to hovercraft and it will be brought into effect for UK hovercraft by applying, with modifications, sections of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971, the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution)…
Merchant Shipping (Prevention Of Pollution By Garbage) (Amendment) Order 1993 Lords · Lords Chamber · 17 May 1993
These two orders are necessary to amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983 and the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Order 1988 and to incorporate respectively MEPC Resolutions 14(20), 42(30), 47(31), 51(32), 52(32) and 48(31) made by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organisation. The orders will implement amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 and its Protocol of 1978, to which the United Kingdom is a signatory, and will enable amending regulations to…

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