The Merchant Shipping Regulations 2015
19 July 2015
Hazardous substances/water - Great Britain
The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 amend the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution Preparedness, Response and Co-operation Convention) Regulations 1998. Amendments implement revisions to the offshore safety regime by Directive 2013/30/EU.
The amending regulations require that oil pollution emergency plans are also prepared for non-production installations in the territorial sea and continental shelf. A new Schedule to the regulations sets out requirements for oil pollution emergency plans to be prepared by offshore installations.