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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills - Marine oil spill responses

303: Objective of on-scene commanders

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"Stopping oil spills and keeping people safe"

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When you are in charge of responding to a marine oil spill, your main goal is to prevent more pollution. You also need to contain and clean up the spill according to the plan in place. You must do this without putting people's lives in danger or risking their safety.

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Part 23Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills
Marine oil spill responses

303Objective of on-scene commanders

  1. If a regional on-scene commander or the National On-Scene Commander decides that it is appropriate for a regional council or the Authority, as the case may be, to take action in respect of a marine oil spill, the principal objective of that on-scene commander shall be to—

  2. prevent further pollution from the marine oil spill; and
    1. contain and clean up the oil spill in accordance with the relevant regional marine oil spill contingency plan or the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan, as the case may be,—
        1. in such a way that does not cause any unreasonable danger to human life or cause an unreasonable risk of injury to any person.