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48 Defence for jettisoning to secure safety or save life
48 Defence for jettisoning to secure safety or save life
Division 2 does not apply to the jettisoning of a harmful substance in packaged form from a ship for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea.
Editor’s note.
See Reg 8.1 of Annex III of MARPOL.
s 48: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[45] [46].