This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in SI 2012/742 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2017 No. 837
Marine Pollution
The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017
Made
16th August 2017
Laid before Parliament
18th August 2017
Coming into force
11th September 2017
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 130 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( 1 ), makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 11th September 2017.
Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010
2. —(1)The Merchant Shipping (Ship-to-Ship Transfers) Regulations 2010( 2 ) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 6, for paragraph (1) substitute—
“ (1) Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of State may exempt—
(a) a cargo transfer from the provisions of regulation 3(1); and
(b) a bunkering operation from the provisions of regulation 3(2A). ”
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
John Hayes
Minister of State
Department for Transport
16th August 2017
S.I. 2010/1228 , as amended by S.I. 2010/1769 , S.I. 2011/974 , S.I. 2011/2183 , S.I. 2012/742 , S.I. 2013/755 and S.I. 2015/664 .