The Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Order 1983
This Order enables effect to be given to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (Cmnd. 5748) and the Protocol of 1978 (Cmnd. 7347) relating to the Convention. The Order empowers the Secretary of State to make Regulations for the purpose of giving effect to the Convention and Protocol, and in particular with respect to the carrying out of surveys, the issue of certificates, the application of the Regulations to the Crown, the extension of the Order or Regulations to dependent territories, the imposition of penalties and the detention of ships for that purpose.