The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) (Amendment) Regulations 1993
These Regulations amend the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) Regulations 1988. They give effect to amendments to Annex V to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973. The amendments (in the form of amendments to the 1978 Protocol relating to the Convention) were adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (“MEPC”) of the International Maritime Organization (“IMO”) on 16th November 1990 (at its 30th Session) and 4th July 1991 (at its 31st Session)