70Discharge of prescribed marine pollutant from apparatus on a ship used in transfer operation prohibited

70 Discharge of prescribed marine pollutant from apparatus on a ship used in transfer operation prohibited

70 Discharge of prescribed marine pollutant from apparatus on a ship used in transfer operation prohibited

(1) A person must not deliberately, recklessly or negligently cause a prescribed marine pollutant to be discharged from an apparatus on a ship in, or in connection with, a transfer operation.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—$500,000, or

(b) in the case of a corporation—$10,000,000.

(2) Each of the prescribed persons in relation to a ship is guilty of an offence if any prescribed marine pollutant is discharged from any apparatus on the ship used in, or in connection with, a transfer operation, whether or not it is being so used.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—$500,000, or

(b) in the case of a corporation—$10,000,000.

(3) In this section—

prescribed person means any of the following—

(a) the owner of the ship,

(b) the master of the ship,

(c) the owner of the apparatus,

(d) the person in charge of the apparatus.

ss 68–73: Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[70].