The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008

Garbage record books

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33.—(1) Every ship to which this regulation applies must keep on board a garbage record book which complies with paragraph (2).

(2) The garbage record book must be in the form specified in Schedule 4 to Merchant Shipping Notice MSN No. 1807 and may form part of the official logbook (if any) of the ship.

(3) The garbage record book must be kept in a place where it is available for inspection at any reasonable time.

(4) The owner of a ship must preserve the garbage record book for that ship for a period of two years from the date of the final entry made in it.