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64 Defence if discharge was to secure safety or save life
64 Defence if discharge was to secure safety or save life
Division 1 does not apply to the discharge of garbage from a ship for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship and the persons on board the ship or saving life at sea.
Editor’s note.
See Reg 7.1.1 of Annex V of MARPOL.
s 64: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[31], 1.2[67] [68].