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Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Drilling Rigs and Other Platforms) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 74 of 2005).

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This Order prescribes that section 128(1)(e) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 shall apply in relation to drilling rigs and other platforms which are used, navigated or situated wholly or partly in or on water, as it applies in relation to ships. Section 128(1)(e) empowers Her Majesty to give effect to international agreements relating to pollution from ships and which have been ratified by the United Kingdom.
Title
Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Drilling Rigs and Other Platforms) Order 2005 (S.I. No. 74 of 2005).
Country
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Type of document
Regulation
Date of text
2005
Data source
FAO, FAOLEX
ECOLEX region
Europe
European Union Countries
Northern Europe
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX URL
ECOLEX
Attached files
PDF icon http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/uk76703.pdf
Link to full text
http://www.opsi.gov.uk
Implements
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21).