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Marine Pollution Act 1999
32Defences [uncommenced]
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32 Defences [uncommenced] (1) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against section 31 if: prevent as far as is reasonably practicable the discharge of sewage as a result of damage to the ship or equipment; minimise the discharge of the sewage. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), damage to a ship or its equipment is intentional damage only if the damage arose in circumstances in which the ship's owner or master: