Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1996/282 |
1996 No. 282
MARINE POLLUTION
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996
Made 14th February 1996
Coming into force 28th February 1996
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 14th day of February 1996
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 129(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 19951:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 129(1) and (2) of the said Act 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 Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996 and shall come into force on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is made.
2.—(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (“the Convention”)2, so far as it relates to the protection and preservation of the marine environment from pollution by matter from ships, and in particular to the following articles in Part XII of the Convention, namely articles 211, 218, 220 and 223 to 233.
(2) Such regulations may in particular include provision–
(a)
(a) with respect to the approval of documents and the carrying out of surveys and inspections, and for the issue, duration and recognition of certificates;
(b)
(b) with respect to the application of the regulations to the Crown and the extra-territorial operation of the regulations;
(c)
(c) that specified contraventions of the regulations shall be offences punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum and on conviction on indictment by a fine;
(d)
(d) that specified contraventions of the regulations shall be offences punishable only on summary conviction by a maximum fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or such less amount as is prescribed by the regulations;
(e)
(e) for detaining any ship in respect of which such a contravention is suspected to have occurred and, in relation to such a ship, for applying section 284 of the...
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