ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 16

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION REGULATIONS 1987 - REG 16

16 .         Organotin anti‑fouling paint, restrictions on use, sale etc. of

        (1)         On and from 1 November 1991, a person must not apply organotin anti‑fouling paint to, or cause or permit such paint to be applied to —

            (a)         a piling, pier, buoy, mooring or other structure in an enclosed water body or a semi‑enclosed water body; or

            (b)         a vessel that is 25 m or less in length; or

            (c)         a vessel that is more than 25 m in length, unless the paint has been formulated so that in respect of each square centimetre of surface to which it is applied —

                  (i)         not more than 210 micrograms of organotin are released during the first 14 days after the application of the paint; and

                  (ii)         not more than 5 micrograms of organotin are released during each subsequent day.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (2)         On and from 1 September 1991, a person must not sell organotin anti‑fouling paint that is formulated other than as described in subregulation (1)(c).

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (3)         On and from 1 September 1991, a person who has a container containing organotin anti‑fouling paint must ensure that it has a clearly readable label with the words “NOT TO BE APPLIED TO VESSELS 25 METRES OR LESS IN LENGTH”.

        Penalty: $5 000.

        (4)         In this regulation —

        enclosed water body means a body of water, such as a lake, not connected to the sea;

        length means the hull length of a ship, boat or hovercraft or the overall length of any other vessel;

        organotin anti‑fouling paint means a coating, paint or treatment that contains an organic derivative of tin;

        semi‑enclosed water body means a partially enclosed coastal water, such as an estuary, river, port, harbour, bay, marina or yacht club;

        vessel means any ship, boat, hovercraft or hulk and any vehicle, whether floating or submersible and whether self‑propelled or not, that is capable of being used in or on water.

        [Regulation 16 inserted: Gazette 30 Aug 1991 p. 4553‑4; amended: Gazette 11 Dec 1998 p. 6600; 28 Jun 2016 p. 2632.]

        [Heading inserted: Gazette 19 Dec 2000 p. 7283.]