Statutory Instrument 1996 No. 2128

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996

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1996 No. 2128

MARINE POLLUTION

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferrred on him by Article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996^[1]and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

    1.    These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 5th September 1996.

    2.    —The areas of sea defined in the Schedule to these Regulations, being above areas for the time being designated under section 1(7) of the Continental Shelf Act 1964^[2], are hereby specified as areas within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea^[3]for the protection and preservation of the marine environment.

Malcolm Rifkind

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

9th August 1996

[1] S.I. 1996/282. back

[2] 1964 c. 29. back

[3] Cmnd. 8941. back

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