The Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988

UK Statutory Instrument 1988 No. 2293 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created

0recorded in force

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Made: 23 December 1988
In force from: 31 December 1988
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Health and safety, environment, waste and fisheries

Explanatory note

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These Regulations, with the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1988, give effect to provisions of Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (Cmnd 5748). They apply to harbour authorities and operators of terminals used by ships. Harbour authorities and terminal operators are given power to provide reception facilities for garbage from ships and are required to ensure that the facilities at their harbour or terminal are adequate (Regulation 3). The Secretary of State may, when the facilities appear to him not to be adequate, specify the facilities to be provided (Regulation 4). Provision is made for reasonable charges to be made and reasonable conditions to be imposed for the use of such facilities. A harbour authority or terminal operator which fails to comply with any direction of the Secretary of State regarding the provision of reception facilities or does not provide him with the information he needs about them commits an offence punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £2000). Documents published by the International Maritime Organisation are available from that organisation at 4 Albert Embankment, London SE1 7SR.

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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)…
Prohibition On Unauthorised Deposit, Treatment Or Disposal Etc Of Waste Commons · Commons Chamber · 2 May 1990 · Mr. Speaker
With this it will be convenient to discuss the following amendments: No. 100, in clause 39, page 41, line 6, at end insert— '(1A) Without predudice to the provisions of any regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 55 below, it shall be the duty of each waste collection authority, if requested by a harbour authority or terminal operator, to arrange for the collection of any industrial waste deposited at reception facilities— (a) provided in accordance with the Prevention of Pollution (Reception Facilities) Order 1984 for vessels using the harbour or terminal; or (b)…
Merchant Shipping And Maritime Security Bill Lords Commons · Commons Chamber · 10 February 1997 · Mr. Tam Dalyell (Linlithgow)
I also ought to declare a constituency interest as I live in and represent an area on the south bank of the Forth, in closed waters. When I listened to the powerful and detailed speech of my hon. Friend the Member for Pembroke (Mr. Ainger) and his description of the Sea Empress, I could not help but feel that there but for the grace of God might we have gone. There was a near accident at Aberdour and, in closed waters, the results would have been catastrophic. When I listened to the hon. Member for St. Ives (Mr. Harris), it occurred to me to ask why, in the past 30 years since the Torrey…

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