The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/621) (“the Garbage Regulations”) to implement an amendment to Annex V (prevention of pollution by garbage from ships) to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 (“MARPOL”). The amendment was adopted by International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution MEPC.360(79) on 16th December 2022 and comes into force on 1st May 2024.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
30 Apr 2024
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In force
23 May 2024
Enabling power
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 4, 5 and 6 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage) Order 2006, articles 2(1), (2)(a) to (g), (3) and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996and sections 128(5) and (6) and 302(1) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, and with the consent of the Treasury, makes the following Regulations.
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