Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 26FEI

                   A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person is the master of an Australian ship; and

                     (b)  the ship enters an SOx emission control area; and

                     (c)  separate fuel oils are used on board the ship; and

                     (d)  at least one of the fuel oils has a sulphur content of 1.5% m/m or less; and

                     (e)  at least one of the fuel oils has a sulphur content of more than 1.5% m/m; and

                      (f)  insufficient time is allowed for the ship's fuel oil service system to be fully flushed of fuel oil with a sulphur content of more than 1.5% m/m before the ship enters the SOx emission control area.

Penalty:  200 penalty units.