
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1997 and shall come into force on 20th March 1997.
2 
Paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 shall be amended as follows:
(a) in the second line, the words “bounded by a series of lines” shall be replaced by the words “the lines”; and
(b) the entries numbered 40 and 41 shall be replaced by the following entries:“
40. 60° 40' 00" N 04° 24' 00" W 40-41 Parallel of Latitude
41. 60° 40' 00" N 04° 00' 00" W 41-42 Meridian of Longitude”
Malcolm Rifkind
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
17th February 1997