UK Statutory Instrument SI 2020/620 United Kingdom

The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships) Regulations 2020

Enforced by
MCA
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Regulated

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Any Person1

Other Acts binding the same actors

If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.

Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.022 Procedure to be adopted when a ship is deficient Regulated
  • Notify the master if your Sewage Certificate is suspendedAny Person
36 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.002 Amendments and revocations
s.003 Interpretation
s.004 Ambulatory reference
s.005 Certifying Authorities
s.006 Application
s.006 Exemption for UNSP barges
s.007 Prohibition on the discharge of sewage
s.008 Sewage systems
s.009 Discharge connections
s.010 Interpretation of Part 4
s.011 Prohibition on United Kingdom ships proceeding to sea without a Sewage Certificate
s.012 Prohibition on non-United Kingdom ships proceeding to sea without a Sewage Certificate or appropriate documentation
s.013 Surveys of United Kingdom ships
s.014 Issue of Sewage Certificates by a Certifying Authority in respect of United Kingdom ships
s.015 Issue of Sewage Certificates by another Contracting State in respect of United Kingdom ships
s.016 Issue of Sewage Certificates in respect of non-United Kingdom ships
s.017 Duration and validity of Sewage Certificates
s.018 Extension of periods of validity of Sewage Certificates by a Certifying Authority
s.019 Extension of periods of validity of Sewage Certificates by a surveyor
s.020 Responsibilities of the owner and master of a United Kingdom ship
s.021 Additional surveys of United Kingdom ships
s.023 Arbitration
s.024 Miscellaneous provisions relating to Sewage Certificates
s.025 Inspection of ships
s.026 General provisions on detention
s.027 Power for a harbour master to detain a ship
s.028 Duty of a harbour master to report deficient ships
s.029 Right of appeal and compensation
s.030 Offences
s.031 Defences
s.032 Restriction on jurisdiction over offences outside United Kingdom limits
s.033 Suspension of proceedings at flag State request
s.034 Service of documents on foreign companies
s.035 Enforcement and application of fines
s.036 Review of the Regulations
Schedules

Schedules

0 of 15 shown
15 other schedules
s.sch001 The Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003
s.sch001 The Offshore Petroleum Activities (Oil Pollution Prevention and Control) Regulations 2005
s.sch001 The Waste Management Licensing (Scotland) Regulations 2011
s.sch001 The Environmental Regulation (Significant Environmental Harm) (Scotland) Order 2014
s.sch001 The Merchant Shipping (Fees) Regulations 2018
s.sch002 The “gross tonnage” of a United Kingdom ship is to...
s.sch002 In the case of a ship which does not have...
s.sch002 In this Schedule— “the 1997 Regulations” means the Merchant Shipping...
s.sch002 United Kingdom Ships
s.sch002 In the case of any other ship of 24 metres...
s.sch002 In the case of a fishing vessel of 15 metres...
s.sch002 In the case of a fishing vessel of less than...
s.sch002 In the case of any other ship of less than...
s.sch002 Ships other than United Kingdom ships
s.sch002 Where a ship has a gross tonnage determined in accordance...

Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.