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52 Empty packaging
52 Empty packaging
For the purposes of this Part, empty packaging that has been used previously for the carriage of harmful substances is itself taken to be a harmful substance unless the precautions required by the regulations have been taken to ensure that the packaging contains no residue that is harmful to the marine environment.
Editor’s note.
See Reg 2.3 of Annex III of MARPOL.
s 52: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[53] [54].