The Control of Pollution (Landed Ships' Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1989

• Citation: S.I. 1989/65
• Sections: 6

Section 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Control of Pollution (Landed Ships' Waste) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 20th February 1989.

(2) In these Regulations, “the 1987 Regulations ” means the Control of Pollution (Landed Ships' Waste) Regulations 1987 .

Section 2 Amendments to the 1987 Regulations

The following amendments shall be made to regulation 2 of the 1987 Regulations –

(a) after the definition of “conveyance” there shall be inserted the following definition:

“garbage” has the same meaning as in the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988;

(b) for the definition of “harbour area” there shall be substituted the following:

“harbour area” has the same meaning as in the Dangerous Substances in Harbour Areas Regulations 1987;

(c) for the definition of “ship” there shall be substituted the following:

“ship” means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment including submersible craft, floating craft and any structure which is a fixed or floating platform;

Section 3 Amendments to the 1987 Regulations

In regulations 3, 4 and 5 of the 1987 Regulations and in the Schedule thereto, for the term “tank washings” each time it occurs there shall be substituted “tank washings or garbage”.

Section 4 Amendments to the 1987 Regulations

In regulation 4 of the 1987 Regulations and in the Schedule thereto after each reference to “the Prevention of Pollution (Reception Facilities) Order 1984” there shall be inserted the words “or the Merchant Shipping (Reception Facilities for Garbage) Regulations 1988 respectively”; and at the end of paragraph 1 of the Schedule to the 1987 Regulations there shall be added the words “or those Regulations”.

Section 5 Amendments to the 1987 Regulations

At the end of regulation 4 of the 1987 Regulations there shall be added:

,except where the deposit is liable to give rise to an environmental hazard within the meaning of section 4(5) of the 1974 Act.

Section 6 Amendments to the 1987 Regulations

In paragraph 3(e) of the Schedule to the 1987 Regulations for “regulation 7(1)” there shall be substituted “regulation 7(1)(a)”.