The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2019

means a survey as prescribed in regulation 6.1.5 of Annex I;

means Annex I to the Convention;

means a survey as prescribed in regulation 6.1.4 of Annex I;

means a person who makes an application for a survey required by these Regulations;

means approved by the Government in whose jurisdiction the discharge is expected to be made.

has the meaning given in regulation 46.2 of Annex I;

means the Secretary of State or any person authorised by the Secretary of State in accordance with regulation 9;

means a State which has consented to be bound by the Convention.

means the areas of sea specified by the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Limits) Regulations 2014 as waters within which the jurisdiction and rights of the United Kingdom are exercisable in accordance with Part XII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea for the protection and preservation of the marine environment;

means a country which is a Party to the Convention;

means direct replacement of equipment and fittings with equipment and fittings that conform with the requirements under Annex I which apply to that ship.

means a seagoing vessel of any type operating in the marine environment and includes hydrofoil boats, air-cushion vehicles, submersibles and floating craft but excludes a structure which is a fixed or floating platform;

means filters or any combination of separators and filters which are designed to produce effluent containing not more than 15 ppm of oil.

means a State other than the United Kingdom.

means gross registered tonnage and, in the case of a ship which has alternative gross registered tonnages, the larger of those tonnages is to be taken to be the gross registered tonnage;

means the International Maritime Organization;

means a survey as prescribed in regulation 6.1.3 of Annex I;

means an international nautical mile of 1,852 metres;

has the meaning given in regulation 1 of Annex I.

means an excepted ship which is not a UK excepted ship;

has the meaning given in regulation 1 of Annex II of the Convention.

means fixed or floating platforms including drilling rigs, floating production, storage and offloading facilities used for the offshore production and storage of oil, and floating storage units used for the offshore storage of produced oil;

has the meaning given in regulation 1 of Annex I.

means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters, consisting of an introduction, parts I-A and II-A and parts I-B and II-B as adopted by IMO Resolutions MSC.385(94) and MEPC.264(68);

means the Antarctic area or Arctic waters.

means—

has the same meaning as in sections 28 to 32 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 (see section 32 of that Act).

means discharges of oil or oily mixtures not discharged through the production stream which are—

means a survey as prescribed in regulation 6.1.2 of Annex I;

means—

includes any estuary or arm of the sea;

means a voyage which— and for the purposes of this definition, no account is to be taken of any deviation by a ship from its intended voyage due solely to stress of weather or any other circumstances that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer (if any) of the ship could have prevented or forestalled.

means a survey carried out by a surveyor;

means a surveyor appointed by a Certifying Authority, and “survey” means a survey carried out by a surveyor;

means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships;

means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, as amended, and any subsequent amendment to that Convention.

means a ship which— (a) is registered in the United Kingdom;