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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.51Shipboard sewage management plan
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### sec.51 Shipboard sewage management plan
This section applies to a ship declared under a regulation for this section.
If a ship does not have on board a shipboard sewage management plan, the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence.
Maximum penalty—850 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 121 , to have also committed the offence.
If a ship has on board a shipboard sewage management plan but is not fitted with any equipment that may be required to implement the plan, the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence.
Maximum penalty—850 penalty units.
If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 121 , to have also committed the offence.
A regulation may prescribe minimum requirements for a shipboard sewage management plan.
s 51 sub 2002 No. 15 s 36
amd 2013 No. 51 s 229 sch 1
(sec.51-ssec.1) This section applies to a ship declared under a regulation for this section.
(sec.51-ssec.2) If a ship does not have on board a shipboard sewage management plan, the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence. Maximum penalty—850 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 121 , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.51-ssec.3) If a ship has on board a shipboard sewage management plan but is not fitted with any equipment that may be required to implement the plan, the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence. Maximum penalty—850 penalty units. If a corporation commits an offence against this provision, an executive officer of the corporation may be taken, under section 121 , to have also committed the offence.
(sec.51-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe minimum requirements for a shipboard sewage management plan.