[DfT 13835] S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S 2006 No. 1244 MERCHANT SHIPPING The Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006 Made - - - - 2nd May 2006 Laid before Parliament 4th May 2006 Coming into force for the purpose of enabling the issue of certificates under regulation 18 15th July 2006 for all other purposes in accordance with regulation 1(2) The Secretary of State is a Minister designated in relation to measures relating to maritime transport(a) for the purpose of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(b).Accordingly, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations: Citation and commencement 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) (Bunkers Convention) Regulations 2006. (2) Subject to paragraph (4), these Regulations shall come into force on the day on which the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker O...