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Marine Pollution Act 1999
46Liability if more than one ship
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46 Liability if more than one ship If: (a) a discharge happens from 2 or more ships in relation to a transfer operation involving oil or noxious liquid substances in bulk; and (b) it is not reasonably practicable to identify the oil or noxious liquid substance that has discharged from a particular ship, all of the oil or noxious liquid substance discharged is taken, for the purposes of this Part and sections 85, 86, 88 and 94 to have been discharged from each of the ships.