The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Pollution by Sewage and Garbage from Ships) Regulations 2008
These Regulations implement Annexes IV (Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Sewage) and V (Regulations for the Prevention of Pollution by Garbage) of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as modified by the Protocol of 1978 relating to that Convention (“the Convention”). Annex IV came into force internationally on 27th September 2003, and a revised Annex IV came into force on 1st August 2005. Annex V came into force internationally on 31st December 1988.