These Regulations, made by the Minister responsible for Maritime Administration, in exercise of the power conferred by section 122 of the Merchant Shipping Act 2002, provide for the control of air pollution emissions from: (a) Bermuda ships; (b) other ships while they are within Bermuda waters. In part they also apply to platforms. The Regulations require an appropriate certificate (a Bermuda Air Pollution Prevention Certificate or an International Air Pollution Prevention Certificate in the sense of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973) to be issued for ships to which these Regulations apply and concern issue of certificates by Bermudan authorities and issue of certificates by foreign authorities. They also provide for standards and rules for the emissions (Nitrogen oxides, Sulphur oxides, volatile organic compounds), shipboard incineration and the use of fuels. The deliberate emission of an ozone-depleting substance from a ship is prohibited.
Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) Regulations 2015 (B.R. No. 45 of 2015).