30Sewage management directives

30 Sewage management directives

(1)  After consulting with the Director of Public Health appointed in accordance with section 6 of the Public Health Act 1997 , the Director may issue a directive in respect of the management of the discharge of sewage (a sewage management directive) by certain ships in State waters.

(2)  A sewage management directive is to specify –

(a) the ships to which it applies, if it only applies to certain ships; and

(b) the waters to which it applies, if it only applies to certain waters.

(3)  A sewage management directive may specify any one or more of the following matters:

(a) the application of different or variable requirements on ships in respect of the discharge of sewage;

(b) the waters in which the discharge of sewage is prohibited;

(c) the waters in which the discharge of sewage is restricted;

(d) the application of different treatment standards;

(e) any other matter that the Director considers necessary for ensuring –

(i) the protection of the aquatic environment from pollution by sewage from ships; or

(ii) the health and safety of human beings in relation to such pollution of the aquatic environment.

(4)  For the avoidance of doubt, a sewage management directive may do any one or more of the following:

(a) apply to more than one type of ship;

(b) apply to more than one area of waters;

(c) be made so as to apply differently according to the matters, limitations or restrictions, whether as to time, circumstance or otherwise, specified in the sewage management directive.

(5)  After making a sewage management directive under subsection (1) , the Director is to notify by public notice –