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These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into force on 1st June 2020.
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(1) The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation of Part 1), in the definition of “Conventions”, for paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—“
(b) the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974 (SOLAS 74);
(c) the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocols of 1978 and 1997 relating thereto (MARPOL);”.
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(1) The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2018 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 5 (application), in paragraphs (3) and (4), in both place it occurs, after “United Kingdom waters” add “or controlled waters”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Kelly Tolhurst
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
At 11.26 a.m. on 11th May 2020