Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 133 (C. 7)
Merchant Shipping
The Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2015
Made
28th January 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011( 1 ), makes the following Order.
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 (Commencement) Order 2015.
(2) In this Order “the Act” means the Wreck Removal Convention Act 2011 .
Provisions coming into force on 5th February 2015
2. —(1) Section 1 of the Act comes into force on 5th February 2015 insofar as it inserts sections 255A (“the Wrecks Convention”), 255J (Wreck removal insurance), 255N (issue of certificates) and 255R (interpretation etc. ) and Schedule 11ZA into the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 ( 2 ) for the purposes set out in paragraph (2).
(2) The purposes are to enable the Secretary of State—
(a) to issue wreck removal insurance certificates in accordance with section 255N,
(b) to make regulations under section 302 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 prescribing the fees to be charged in respect of the issue of such certificates, and
(c) by order to describe the United Kingdom’s Convention area.
Provisions coming into force on 14th April 2015
3. The Act comes into force on 14th April 2015, so far as it is not already in force on that date.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Hayes
Minister of State
Department for Transport
28th January 2015