Statutory Instruments
2013 No. 2944
Marine Pollution
Merchant Shipping
Safety
The Marine Pollution and Merchant Shipping (Revocation) Regulations 2013
Made
11th November 2013
Laid before Parliament
22nd November 2013
Coming into force
31st December 2013
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1(2) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971( 1 ), and sections 86(2)(c) and 142(1) to (5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 2 ), makes the following Regulations.
The Secretary of State is satisfied that no persons in the United Kingdom will be affected by the exercise of powers in this instrument under section 86 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 and that no consultation is necessary in accordance with section 86(4) of that Act.
The Secretary of State has had regard, in so far as it relates to the pollution of the sea by oil, to the provisions of the Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 1992 (including its Annexes) signed in Paris on 22nd September 1992( 3 ), in accordance with section 1(2) of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971.
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Marine Pollution and Merchant Shipping (Revocation) Regulations 2013 and come into force on 31st December 2013.
Revocations
2. The instruments listed in the Schedule are revoked.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Stephen Hammond
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Department for Transport
11th November 2013
Regulation 2
SCHEDULE
Revocations
Regulations revoked | Reference |
|---|---|
| The Oil in Navigable Waters (Transfer Records) Regulations 1957( 4 ) | S.I. 1957/358 |
| The Oil in Navigable Waters (Records) Regulations 1972( 5 ) | S.I. 1972/1929 |
| The Merchant Shipping (Safety Convention) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 1981( 6 ) | S.I. 1981/584 |
| The Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (Application of Section 1) Regulations 1984 | S.I. 1984/1684 |
1971 c. 60 . Section 1(1), (3) and (4) was repealed by S.I. 1983/1106 , article 2 and the Schedule. Section 1(2) remains in force for the purposes of section 3. Regulation 18 of S.I. 2005/2055 limits the application of section 1 as it relates to discharges to which section 3 applies.
1995 c. 21 . Section 86(2)(c) of this Act enables the Secretary of State to make transitional provisions in connection with modifications made by virtue of section 86(2)(a) or (b) in consequence or in anticipation of the making of safety regulations under section 85 of that Act. There are amendments to section 86 which are not relevant to these Regulations.
The Convention for the Protection of the Marine Environment of the North-East Atlantic 1992 (“OSPAR Convention”) replaced the 1972 Oslo Convention (which regulated dumping at sea) and the 1974 Paris Convention (which extended the 1972 Convention to land-based sources and the offshore industry). The OSPAR Convention entered into force on 25th March 1998.
S.I. 1957/358 was made under section 7 of the Oil in Navigable Waters Act 1955 (c. 25) . Following the repeal of section 7, these Regulations had effect as if made under section 17 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971. Following the repeal of section 17, and the re-enactment of the powers (with modifications) in section 142 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, these Regulations have effect as if made under those re-enacted provisions.
S.I. 1972/1929 was made under section 7 of the Oil in Navigable Waters Act 1955. Following the repeal of section 7, these Regulations had effect as if made under section 17 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971. Following the repeal of section 17, and the re-enactment of the powers (with modifications) in section 142 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, these Regulations have effect as if made under those re-enacted provisions. These Regulations were revoked, except to the extent that they apply to oil tankers of less than 150 gross registered tonnage and other ships of less than 400 gross registered tonnage, by S.I. 1983/1106 , article 2 and the Schedule.
S.I. 1981/584 was made under section 22(3) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39) . Following the repeal of section 22(3) and its re-enactment (with modifications) in section 86(2) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, these Regulations have effect as if made under those re-enacted provisions.