Sea Pollution (Harmful Substances in Packaged Form) Regulations, 1997.

These Regulations give effect to Annex III of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, adopted by the International Maritime Organization on 2 November, 1973 and as amended by its Protocol adopted on 17 February, 1978, and as further amended by the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization under Resolution MEPC 58(33) revising this Annex and the 1994 Amendments (Resolution 3) which provides for Port State Control on operational requirements. The Regulations apply to all Irish ships wherever they may be and to all other ships when they are in the territorial seas and inland waters of the State. The Regulations prohibit the carriage of harmful substances by sea unless done in accordance with their provisions with regard to packing, marking and labelling, documentation and stowage. Section 29 of the Sea Pollution Act, 1991 provides for penalties for breaches of these Regulations.