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Statutory Instruments

2008 No. 2924

Marine Pollution

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2008

Made

12th November 2008

Laid before Parliament

14th November 2008

Coming into force

8th December 2008

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. PART 1

    General

    1. 1. Citation and commencement

    2. 2. Interpretation

    3. 3. Application and exemptions

    4. 4. Equivalents

  2. PART 2

    Surveys and Certificates of Ships

    1. 5. Requirement for appropriate certificate: initial survey

    2. 6. Renewal of appropriate certificate: renewal survey

    3. 7. Annual survey

    4. 8. Intermediate surveys

    5. 9. Responsibilities of the owner and master of a ship

    6. 10. Additional surveys

    7. 11. Issue of appropriate certificate by a Certifying Authority

    8. 12. Issue of IAPP Certificates by another Government in respect of United Kingdom ships

    9. 13. Issue of IAPP Certificates in respect of ships which are not United Kingdom ships

    10. 14. Duration and validity of appropriate certificates

    11. 15. Extension of periods of validity of appropriate certificates

    12. 16. Procedure to be adopted when a ship is deficient

    13. 17. Arbitration

    14. 18. Miscellaneous provisions relating to appropriate certificates

    15. 19. Prohibition on non United Kingdom ships proceeding to sea without an IAPP Certificate

  3. PART 3

    Control of emissions from ships

    1. 20. Ozone-depleting substances

    2. 21. Nitrogen oxides

    3. 22. Sulphur oxides

    4. 23. Volatile organic compounds

    5. 24. Shipboard incineration

    6. 25. Fuel oil quality

  4. PART 4

    Inspections, Detentions and Offences

    1. 26. Inspection of ships

    2. 27. Investigation of alleged violations by United Kingdom ships

    3. 28. General provisions on detention

    4. 29. Power for harbour master to detain

    5. 30. Duty of harbour master to report deficient ships

    6. 31. Right of appeal and compensation

    7. 32. Offences

    8. 33. Service of documents of foreign companies

    9. 34. Enforcement and application of fines

    10. 35. Restriction on jurisdiction over offences outside United Kingdom limits

    11. 36. Suspension of proceedings at flag state request

    12. 37. Defences

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Gross tonnage

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Engines excluded from regulation 21

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Information to be included in a bunker delivery note

Go to Explanatory Note

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by articles 2 and 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Order 2006(1), article 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution)(Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996(2) and section 128(5) and (6) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995(3):

(1)

S.I. 2006/1248. Back [1]

(3)

1995 c.21: section 128 was amended by section 2 of the Merchant Shipping (Pollution) Act 2006 (c.8) and there are other amendments to section 128 which are not relevant to these Regulations. In relation to section 128(6), these Regulations are “Regulations made by virtue of paragraph (f) of subsection 4” of section 128, since they are made under S.I. 2006/1248, which pursuant to section 128(4)(f) authorises the making of regulations. Back [3]

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