This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2018/68 and S.I  2019/940 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.  S T A T U T O R Y I N S T R U M E N T S The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention of  Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk)  (Amendment) Regulations 2020  Made - - - - at 11.26 a.m. on 11th May 2020  Laid before Parliament at 2.00 p.m. on 11th May 2020  Coming into force - - 1st June 2020  The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85(1) and (3) and 86(1)(a)  and (b) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995( a ), articles 3 and 5 of the Merchant Shipping  (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Order 1987( b ) and article 2 of the Merchant Shipping  (Prevention of Pollution) (Law of the Sea Convention) Order 1996( c ) makes the following  Regulations.  Citation and commencement  Amendment of the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011  2. —(1) The Merchant Shipping (Port State Control) Regulations 2011( d ) are amended as  follows.  (2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation of Part 1), in the definition of “Conventions”, for  paragraphs (b) and (c) substitute—  ( a ) 1995 c. 21. Sections 85 and 86 were amended by the Merchant Shipping and Maritime Security Act 1997 (c. 28), sections 8  and 29(2) and Schedule 7, Part 1. Section 85 was amended by the British Overseas Territories Act 2002 (c. 8), section 2(3). There are other amendments but none is relevant.  ( b ) S.I. 1987/470, amended by S.I. 1990/2595, 1997/2569, 1998/254 and 2015/664. Following the consolidation of section 20  of the Merchant Shipping Act 1979 (c. 39), the Order has effect as if made under section 128 of the Merchant Shipping Act  1995 (c. 21). The effect of the Order is extended by section 128(5) of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995, so as to authorise  the making of regulations for the purpose of giving effect to agreements which modify the agreements described in section  128(1). ( c )  S.I. 1996/282, amended by the Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009, Schedule 4, Part 1, paragraph 3 and S.I. 2015/664.  ( d ) S.I. 2011/2601, amended by S.I. 2017/825, 2018/1221 (which contains prospective amendments) and 2019/940; there are  other amending instruments but none is relevant.  SAFETY  2020 No. 496  MERCHANT SHIPPING  1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Port State Control and Prevention  of Pollution from Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come  into force on 1st June 2020. 