Bermuda Consolidated Legislation

 

UNITED KINGDOM STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SI 1982 No. 1666

MERCHANT SHIPPING
POLLUTION

THE MERCHANT SHIPPING (PREVENTION OF POLLU TION)(INTERVENTION)(OVERSEAS TERRITORIES) ORDER 1982

[made by Her Majesty-in-Council under the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 [1979 c.39] of the United Kingdom]

Made 24th November 1982

Coming into Operation 31st December 1982

At the Court of Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of November 1982

Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon by Her by section 20(1)(b), (2), (3)(a), (d) and (e), (4)(a), (d), and (f) and (5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 [1979 c.39], and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is please by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to or der, and it is hereby ordered, as fol lows:

1 This Order may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) (Overseas Territories) Order 1982 and shall come into operation on 31st December 1982.

2 The provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollu tion) (Intervention) Order 1980(b) listed in Schedule 2 to this Order shall extend to each of the territories, any one of which is referred to in this Order as "the Territory", specified in Schedule 1 to this Order with the modifications set out in Schedule 3 to this Order.

3 The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) (Bermuda) Order 1981 [S.I. 1981/836] is hereby revoked.

N.E. Leigh,
Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE 1 Article 2

Anguilla

Bermuda

British Antarctic Territory

British Virgin Islands

Cayman Islands

Falkland Islands and Dependencies

Hong Kong

Montserrat

Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands

Saint Helena and Dependencies

Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia

Turks and Caicos Islands

 

SCHEDULE 2 Article 2

Article 1(2)(b)

Article 3

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Article 7(1), in so far as it relates to pollution by substances other than oil, (2) and (3).

The Schedule

 

SCHEDULE 3 Article 2

1 (a) For any reference to the United Kingdom there shall be substituted, save in Article 7(3), a reference to the Terri tory.

(b) For the reference in Article 7(3)(b) to a part of the United Kingdom there shall be substituted a reference to the Territory.

2 For any reference to the Secretary of State there shall be substi tuted in the case of:

(a) Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Is lands, Saint Helena and Dependencies, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the British Virgin Islands a reference to the Governor;

(b) the British Antarctic Territory a reference to the High Commissioner;

(c) the Falkland Islands and Dependencies a reference to the Civil Commissioner;

(d) the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia a ref erence to the Administrator.

3 Any reference to an enactment of the United Kingdom shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as applying or extended to the Territory.

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order extends to the territories specified in Schedule 1 those provisions of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution) (Intervention) Order 1980 that enable measures to be taken to prevent, mitigate or eliminate grave and imminent danger to the coastline or re lated interests from pollution or threat of pollution of the sea by sub stances other than oil, following upon a maritime casualty. Such meas ures may include those permitted under the Protocol relating to Inter vention on the High Seas in Cases of Marine Pollution by Substances other than Oil, done at London on 2nd November 1973 (Cmnd, 6038).

The Order revokes the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollu tion) (Intervention) (Bermuda) Order 1981.

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