180Minister may require person to provide, maintain and make available reception facilities

180 Minister may require person to provide, maintain and make available reception facilities

180 Minister may require person to provide, maintain and make available reception facilities

(1) The Minister may serve a written notice on the owner or occupier of a reception facility prescribed by the regulations, requiring that owner or occupier—

(a) provide facilities of a standard satisfactory to the Minister for the reception or disposal, or both, of waste prescribed by the regulations from or by ships berthed, docked or otherwise being at the establishment, and

(b) maintain the facilities in good order and condition, and

(c) make the facilities available to enable ships to dispose of the waste prescribed by the regulations.

(2) In this section—

prescribed waste means any of the following—

(a) oil or residues of oil,

(b) noxious liquid substances or residues of noxious liquid substances,

(c) sewage or residues of sewage,

(d) garbage or residues of garbage,

(e) exhaust gas cleaning residues from an exhaust gas cleaning system.

reception facility means any of the following—

(a) an oil terminal, oil depot, oil installation or other establishment used for the loading or unloading of oil or oil residues,

(b) a terminal, depot, installation or other establishment used for the loading or unloading of other prescribed waste,

(c) any establishment at which ships are repaired or other work is performed relating to ships and involving the disposal of prescribed waste.

s 180: Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[73], 1.2[191].