PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 26FEI Flushing fuel oil service system
PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 26FEI
Flushing fuel oil service system(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is the master of an Australian ship; and
(b) the ship enters an 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 not more than the prescribed limit; and
(e) at least one of the fuel oils has a sulphur content of more than that limit; 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 that limit before the ship enters the emission control area.
(2) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is the master of an Australian ship; and
(b) the ship enters an 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 not more than the prescribed limit; and
(e) at least one of the fuel oils has a sulphur content of more than that limit; and
(f) when the ship enters the emission control area, the ship does not carry a written procedure showing how the ship's fuel oil service system is to be fully flushed of fuel oil with a sulphur content of more than that limit before the ship enters the emission control area.