Marine Pollution Act 2012
120Oil record book to be retained on ship for one year
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120 Oil record book to be retained on ship for one year
120 Oil record book to be retained on ship for one year
The owner of a ship is guilty of an offence if the ship’s oil record book—
(a) is not retained on the ship until at least the expiration of a period of one year after the day on which the last entry was made in the book, and
(b) is not made readily available for inspection at all reasonable times until at least the expiration of that period.
Maximum penalty—
(a) in the case of an individual—$22,000, or
(b) in the case of a corporation—$110,000.
Editor’s note.
See Regs 17.6 and 36.7 of Annex I of MARPOL.
s 120: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[135] [136].