7Prescribed operations or occurrences

7 Prescribed operations or occurrences

7 Prescribed operations or occurrences

For the Act, section 117(1), each of the following is a prescribed occurrence—

(a) discharging oil or an oily mixture from a ship into the sea to secure the safety of the ship or to save life at sea,

(b) discharging oil or an oily mixture into the sea because of damage to the ship or its equipment,

(c) discharging substances containing oil into the sea to deal with a specific pollution incident,

(d) failure of the ship’s oil discharge monitoring control system,

(e) failure of the ship’s oil filtering equipment,

(f) accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil not mentioned in paragraphs (a)–(c).

Note—

See Marine Order 91 (Marine pollution prevention — oil) 2014 of the Commonwealth, section 31.