S.I. No. 461/2016 - Sea Pollution (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd September, 2016.

I, SHANE ROSS, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 10 , 12 , 14 , 15 and 17 of the Sea Pollution Act 1991 (No. 27 of 1991) and the Maritime Transport, Safety and Security (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2005 ( S.I. No. 842 of 2005 ) (as adapted by the Transport (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2011 ( S.I. No. 141 of 2011 )) hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Sea Pollution (Prevention of Oil Pollution) (Amendment) Regulations 2016.

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Sea Pollution (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 788 of 2007 ).

3. Regulation 39D of the Principal Regulations is amended in paragraph (1) by the substitution of “the carriage in bulk as cargo, use as ballast, or carriage and use as fuel” for “the carriage in bulk as cargo or carriage and use as fuel”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 August 2016.

SHANE ROSS,

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations amend the Sea Pollution (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 788 of 2007 ).

The purpose of these Regulations is to prohibit the carriage of heavy, and therefore highly polluting, oils as ballast by Irish ships while in a designated special area, i.e., the Antarctic area which is the area south of latitude 60° S.