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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.64Several liability—ships
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### sec.64 Several liability—ships
This section applies to a transfer operation involving oil or noxious liquid substances in bulk.
If—
a discharge happens from 2 or more ships; and
it is not reasonably practicable to identify the oil or noxious liquid substance that has discharged from a particular ship;
all of the oil or noxious liquid substance discharged is taken, for this part and sections 113 , 115 , 122 and 127 , to have been discharged from each of the ships.
(sec.64-ssec.1) This section applies to a transfer operation involving oil or noxious liquid substances in bulk.
(sec.64-ssec.2) If— a discharge happens from 2 or more ships; and it is not reasonably practicable to identify the oil or noxious liquid substance that has discharged from a particular ship; all of the oil or noxious liquid substance discharged is taken, for this part and sections 113 , 115 , 122 and 127 , to have been discharged from each of the ships.
- (a) a discharge happens from 2 or more ships; and
- (b) it is not reasonably practicable to identify the oil or noxious liquid substance that has discharged from a particular ship;