Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1983/1106 |
1983 No. 1106
MERCHANT SHIPPING
OIL POLLUTION
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 198327thJuly 1983
4thAugust 1983
2ndOctober 1983
At the Court at Buckingham Palace the 27th day of July 1983
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas by virtue of section 20(1)(a) and (c) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979(a) ("the Act of 1979") Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as She considers appropriate for the purpose of giving effect to—
(a) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (including its protocols, annexes and appendices) which constitutes attachment 1 to the final act of the International Conference on Marine Pollution signed in London on 2nd November 1973 ("the Convention")(b), and
(b) the Protocol relating to the said Convention which constitutes attachment 2 to the final act of the International Conference on Tanker Safety and Pollution Prevention signed in London on 17th February 1978 ("the Protocol")(c):
And whereas by virtue of section 20(3)(a) of the Act of 1979 such an Order may apply, for the purpose of giving effect to such Convention and Protocol, any enactment relating to the pollution of the sea or other waters:
And whereas by virtue of section 20(3)(c) of the Act of 1979 such an Order may repeal the provisions of any enactment so far as it appears to Her Majesty that those provisions are not required having regard to provisions made by this Order:
And whereas this Order is made only for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention and the Protocol:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 20(1)(a) and (c), (3) and (4) of the Act of 1979 (d) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983 and shall come into operation on 2nd October 1983.
(a) 1979 c.39.
(b) Cmnd. 5748.
(c) Cmnd. 7347.
(d) Section 20(3) was amended and paragraphs (f) and (fa) were substituted by section 49(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c.48).
2. The provisions of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971(a) ("the Act of 1971"), the Merchant Shipping Act 1974(b) and the instruments set out in the Schedule hereto are hereby repealed and revoked subject to the limitations (if any) specified in that Schedule.
3.—(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the prevention of oil pollution (hereinafter...
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