
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.
2 
The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows.
3 
In regulation 7(6)(a) for “fitting arrangements” there shall be substituted “fittings, arrangements”.
4 
In regulation 8(1)(b) after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “, other than the direct replacement of fittings or equipment”.
5 
In regulation 14(2) for “(2) and (6)” there shall be substituted “(3) and (6)”.
6 
In regulation 16(3)(b) for “Paragraph (2)(a)” there shall be substituted “Paragraph (2)(b)”.
7 
In regulation 32(3)(b) for “platform” there shall be substituted “machinery space”.
8 
In regulation 36(2) for “£50,000” there shall be substituted “£250,000”.
9 
In regulation 37(3)(c)(i) and (ii) for “£55,000” there shall be substituted “£255,000”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Glenda Jackson
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State,
Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
31st July 1997 