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66A Defence if discharge is of more stringent requirement
66A Defence if discharge is of more stringent requirement
(1) Sections 63–66 do not apply to garbage that is mixed with, or contaminated by, other substances prohibited from discharge or having different discharge requirements (a garbage mixture).
(2) Division 1 does not apply to the discharge of a garbage mixture if the discharge is made in accordance with the more stringent requirements for the substances in the garbage mixture.
Editor’s note.
See Reg 4.4 of Annex V of MARPOL.
s 66A: Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[34].