MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 95 Obligation to carry shipboard oil pollution emergency plan
MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 95
Obligation to carry shipboard oil pollution emergency plan95 Obligation to carry shipboard oil pollution emergency plan
(1) The master and the owner of a prescribed ship that is in State waters are each guilty of an offence if an approved shipboard oil pollution emergency plan is not carried on board the ship.: Maximum penalty--$55,000.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against this section in relation to a ship, it is sufficient for the prosecution to allege and prove--(a) that the ship is a prescribed ship, and(b) that the ship was in State waters without an approved shipboard oil pollution emergency plan on board.
(3) In this section--
"approved" , in relation to a shipboard oil pollution emergency plan, means approved by--(a) the Minister under this Division, or(b) an Administration, within the meaning of Article 2 of the Protocol to MARPOL.
"prescribed ship" means a ship--(a) that is an oil tanker that has a gross tonnage of 150 or more, or(b) that is not an oil tanker and that has a gross tonnage of 400 or more.
Editor's note : See Reg 37.1 of Annex I of MARPOL.