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The Merchant Shipping (Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Harmful Substances) (Amendment) Regulations 2024

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29 Reporting requirements: pollution incidents

(1) This regulation applies where the discharge, or threat of discharge, of cargo from a ship is likely to result in the pollution of United Kingdom waters or the coastline of the United Kingdom. (2) The master and owner of a ship must comply with Protocol I of MARPOL as if the reference in Article I, paragraph 1 of that Protocol to “an incident referred to in article II of this Protocol” is a reference to the incident described in paragraph (1).

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29 Reporting requirements: pollution incidents

(1) This regulation applies where the discharge, or threat of discharge, of cargo from a ship is likely to result in the pollution of United Kingdom waters or the coastline of the United Kingdom. (2) The master and owner of a ship must comply with Protocol I of MARPOL as if the reference in Article I, paragraph 1 of that Protocol to “an incident referred to in article II of this Protocol” is a reference to the incident described in paragraph (1).

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