107Obligation to carry garbage management plan

107 Obligation to carry garbage management plan

107 Obligation to carry garbage management plan

(1) The master and the owner of a prescribed ship that is in State waters are each guilty of an offence if there is not a garbage management plan that complies with this Division on board the ship.

Maximum penalty—$5,500.

(2) In proceedings for an offence against this section in relation to a ship, it is sufficient for the prosecution to allege and prove that a ship is a prescribed ship and that it was in State waters without a garbage management plan that complies with this Division on board.

(3) In this section—

prescribed ship means a ship—

(a) that has a gross tonnage of 100 or more, or

(b) that is certified to carry 15 persons or more, or

(c) that is a fixed or floating platform.

Editor’s note.

See Reg 10 of Annex V of MARPOL.

s 107: Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[40]–[42], 1.2[112] [113].