Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order brings into force, on 20 August 1998, the following provisions of the Maritime Transport Act 1994:

• (a) Sections 223 and 224 (which are application provisions relating to Parts 19 to 28 of the Act):

• (b) Part 19 (which relates to the protection of the marine environment from harmful substances):

• (c) Part 20 (which relates to the protection of the marine environment from hazardous ships, structures, and offshore operations):

• (d) Part 21 (which relates to the protection of the marine environment from dumping, incineration, and storing of wastes):

• (e) Sections 333 to 341 (which relate to oil pollution levies):

• (f) Part 25 (which relates to civil liability for pollution of the marine environment):

• (g) Section 481 and Schedule 7 (which repeals the Marine Pollution Act 1974):

• (h) Sections 469, 470, 471(2), 472 to 474, 475(2), 476 to 478, 480, 485(2), and 485(4) (which are transitional and savings provisions consequent upon the repeal of the Marine Pollution Act 1974).