sec.61Discharge of pollutant into coastal waters prohibited

### sec.61 Discharge of pollutant into coastal waters prohibited If a pollutant is discharged into coastal waters during a transfer operation, the following persons each commit an offence— the ship’s owner; the ship’s master; another member of the ship’s crew whose act caused the discharge, unless the member was complying with an instruction from the master or of someone authorised by the master to give the instruction. Maximum penalty—3,500 penalty units. Subsection (1) applies despite the Criminal Code , sections 23 and 24 . See the note to section 26 (2) for information about sections 23 and 24 of the Code . s 61 amd 2001 No. 79 s 55 ; 2006 No. 21 s 10 ; 2010 No. 13 s 88 sch (sec.61-ssec.1) If a pollutant is discharged into coastal waters during a transfer operation, the following persons each commit an offence— the ship’s owner; the ship’s master; another member of the ship’s crew whose act caused the discharge, unless the member was complying with an instruction from the master or of someone authorised by the master to give the instruction. Maximum penalty—3,500 penalty units. (sec.61-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies despite the Criminal Code , sections 23 and 24 . See the note to section 26 (2) for information about sections 23 and 24 of the Code . - (a) the ship’s owner; - (b) the ship’s master; - (c) another member of the ship’s crew whose act caused the discharge, unless the member was complying with an instruction from the master or of someone authorised by the master to give the instruction.