1(a) 1999 c.24.(b) S.I. 1997/1869.(c) 1995 c.21.S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S2002 No. 1861ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONThe Offshore Installations (Emergency Pollution Control)Regulations 2002Made - - - - 17th July 2002Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1Whereas the Secretary of State has consulted the persons required to be consulted by section 3(4)of the Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999(a);And whereas a draft of these Regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of,each House of Parliament pursuant to section 3(6) of that Act;Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 3and 7(9) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—Citation and commencement1. These Regulations may be cited as the Offshore Installations (Emergency PollutionControl) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which they aremade.Interpretation2. In these Regulations—“accident” mean...