We need to make changes to the Maritime Transport Act 1994 to ensure that the rule-making and enforcement provisions in the Act provide the authority required to fully implement the legal obligations of MARPOL Annex VI. Part 1 of the bill contains a number of amendments to the Maritime Transport Act 1994 to achieve this objective. Part 2 of the bill amends the Maritime Transport (Marine Protection Conventions) Order 1999 to insert MARPOL Annex VI into the list of international conventions declared to be marine.