UK Statutory Instrument 2018 United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 2018

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At a glance

Enforced by

MCA

What's here

4 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

Employer 1
Employee 1
Any Person 1

Plus 1 non-business duty on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.

Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)

The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties

Employees also bound by 182 other Acts (top 5 shown)

Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 13 duties
Regulation (EU) No 965/2012 (Air Operations) 2012 12 duties
Shared Parental Leave Regulations 2014 2014 10 duties
The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 10 duties
Paternity and Adoption Leave Regulations 2002 2002 9 duties

Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)

Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties

What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Part 1 — General

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s.001

Citation, commencement, amendments and revocations

s.002

Transitional provision

s.003

Interpretation

s.004

Ambulatory reference

s.005

Application

s.006

Exemptions

s.007

Equivalents

Part 2 — Survey and Certification of NLS ships

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s.008

Relevant requirements

s.009

Initial surveys of United Kingdom NLS ships

s.010

Renewal surveys of United Kingdom NLS ships

s.011

Annual surveys of United Kingdom NLS ships

s.012

Intermediate surveys of United Kingdom NLS ships

s.013

Responsibilities of the owner and master of an NLS ship

s.014

Additional surveys of United Kingdom NLS ships

s.015

Certification of United Kingdom NLS ships by UK authorities

s.016

Survey and certification of United Kingdom NLS ships by other Contracting States

s.017

Survey and certification of non-United Kingdom NLS ships by the Secretary of State

s.018

Duration and validity of NLS certificates

s.019

Extension of periods of validity of NLS certificates

s.020

Procedure to be adopted when a ship is deficient

s.021

Prohibition on non-United Kingdom NLS ships proceeding to sea

s.022

Arbitration

s.023

Miscellaneous provisions relating to NLS certificates

Part 3 — Operational Requirements

s.026

Prohibition on the carriage and discharge of unassessed liquid substances

Do not carry or discharge unassessed liquid substances at sea Employer

s.027

Loading and carriage in bulk of noxious liquid substances

Do not load or carry noxious liquid substances subject to a tripartite agreement without a valid NLS certificate Employee

s.029

Cargo Record Book

Keep a Cargo Record Book and record all cargo-related operations Any Person

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s.024

Control of discharges of Noxious Liquid Substances from ships

s.025

Unloading arrangements

s.028

Procedures and Arrangements Manual

s.030

Marine Pollution Emergency Plan

Part 4 — Polar Code

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s.031

Application of Polar Code to NLS ships

Part 5 — Enforcement

s.032

Inspection of ships

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator

MCA may inspect your ship for NLS compliance Statutory regulator

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s.033

Investigation of alleged violations by United Kingdom ships

s.034

Detention of ships

s.035

Power for harbour master to detain

s.036

Duty of harbour master to report deficient ships

s.037

Right of appeal and compensation

s.038

Offences

s.039

Service of documents on foreign companies

s.040

Enforcement and application of fines

s.041

Restriction on jurisdiction over offences outside United Kingdom limits

s.042

Suspension of proceedings at flag State request

s.043

Defences

s.044

Review

Other sections — not classified into a Part

These sections sit outside the numbered Parts — usually provisions added or moved by later amendments.

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