The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 1993

Regulation 16

6.—(1) Regulation 16 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph (1)—

(a)for the words “and the Black Sea area” there shall be substituted the words “the Black Sea area and the Antarctic area”;

(b)after sub—paragraph (c) there shall be added the following sub—paragraph—

“(d)“the Antarctic area” means the sea area south of 60°”.

(3) For paragraph (2) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(2) Subject to the provisions of regulation 11, there shall be prohibited—

(a)in the Antarctic area, any discharge into the sea from any United Kingdom ship of oil or oily mixture; and

(b)in every special area other than the Antarctic area—

(i)any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixture from any United Kingdom oil tanker or from any United Kingdom ship of 400 GRT or above other than an oil tanker; and

(ii)any discharge into the sea of oil or oily mixture from a United Kingdom ship of less than 400 GRT other than an oil tanker, except when the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 ppm.”.

(4) In paragraph (3)(b)(v) for “regulation 14(7)” there shall be substituted “regulation 14(5) and arrangements complying with regulation 14(6)”.

(5) The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (5)—

“(6) A United Kingdom ship shall not enter the Antarctic area unless—

(a)it is fitted with a tank or tanks of sufficient capacity for the retention on board of all sludge, dirty ballast, tank washing water and other oily residues and mixtures while operating in the area; and

(b)it has concluded arrangements to discharge such oily residues and mixtures at a reception facility after it has left the area.”.