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POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1987

- Act 95 of 1987
- Royal Assent 22 December 1987

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      1. Short title
   2.      2. Commencement
   3.      3. Interpretation
   3A.     3A. Discharges that enter State waters taken to be discharges
           into State waters
   4.      4. Act to bind Crown
   4A.     4A. Warships, &c., are exempt from Act
   5.      5. Saving of other laws
   6.      6. Delegation

   PART II - Prevention of Pollution from Ships Division 1 - Pollution
   by oil

   7.      7. Interpretation
   8.      8. Prohibition of discharge of oil or oily mixtures into State
           waters
   9.      9. Oil residues
   10.     10. 
   11.     11. Oil record book
   12.     12. 
   13.     13. Oil record book to be retained
   14.     14. 
   15.     15. Restriction on transfer of oil at night

           Division 2 - Pollution by noxious substances

   16.     16. Interpretation
   17.     17. Application of Divisions 1 and 2 of this Part to mixture
           of oil and liquid substance
   18.     18. Categories of noxious liquid substances
   19.     19. Appendix III substances
   20.     20. Prohibition of discharge of substances into State waters
   21.     21. Certain liquid substances to be treated as oil
   22.     22. 
   23.     23. Cargo record book
   24.     24. 
   25.     25. Cargo record book to be retained

           Division 2A - Pollution by packaged harmful substances

   25A.    25A. Interpretation of Division
   25B.    25B. Annex III substances
   25C.    25C. Discharge of packaged harmful substances into State waters
           prohibited

           Division 2AB - Pollution by sewage

   25CA.   25CA. Interpretation of Division
   25CB.   25CB. Prohibition on discharge of sewage into State waters

           Division 2B - Pollution by garbage

   25D.    25D. Interpretation of Division
   25E.    25E. Annex V substances
   25F.    25F. Disposal of garbage into State waters prohibited
   25G.    25G. Garbage record book
   25H.    25H. Garbage record book to be retained

           Division 3 - Miscellaneous

   25I.    25I. Duty to report incidents
   25J.    25J. Emergency declarations
   26.     26. Powers of authorized officers
   26A.    26A. Serious maritime casualties: emergency powers of authorized
           officers
   26B.    26B. False entries in record books
   27.     27. No time limit for prosecution
   27A.    27A. Liability for simultaneous discharges may be joint and
           several if unidentifiable
   28.     28. Service of summonses
   29.     29. Evidence
   30.     30. Evidence of analyst
   31.     31. Immunity of authorized officers, &c.
   32.     32. Regulations
   33.     33. Orders
   34.     34. Prescribing matters by reference to other instruments
   35.     35. Constitution of State Marine Pollution Committee
   36.     36. Meetings of the Committee
   37.     37. Procedure for spill incidents
   38.     38. Cost of incidents: recovery
   39.     39. Costs of incidents: power of detention
   39A.    39A. Right to claim damages, &c., not affected by Act

   PART III - Application of Convention for Prevention of Pollution
   from Ships Division 1 - Preliminary

   40.     40. Application of Part

           Division 2 - Prevention of Pollution from Ships Convention (Ships
           Carrying or using Oil)

   41.     41. Interpretation
   42.     42. Regulations to give effect to Regulations 13 to 19
           (inclusive) of Annex I
   43.     43. Ship construction certificates
   44.     44. Alteration, &c., of construction of ships and cancellation
           of certificates
   45.     45. Ships to be surveyed periodically
   46.     46. Requirement for ship construction certificates

           Division 3 - Prevention of Pollution from Ships Convention (Ships
           Carrying Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk)

   47.     47. Interpretation
   48.     48. Regulations to give effect to Regulation 13 of Annex II
   49.     49. Chemical tanker construction certificates
   50.     50. Alteration, &c., of construction of ships and cancellation
           of certificates
   51.     51. Ships to be surveyed periodically
   52.     52. Requirement for chemical tanker construction certificates
   53.     53. Regulations

   PART IV - Miscellaneous

   54.     54. Repeal of Oil Pollution Act 1961 and transitional matters
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5

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