Part 23Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills
Obligations and offences in respect of marine oil spill contingency plans
315Offences in respect of notification of inability to contain and clean up marine oil spills
Every person (being a master of a ship or a person who is responsible for implementing a marine oil spill contingency plan in respect of an offshore installation or an oil transfer site) commits an offence who breaches his or her duty under subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section 299 to notify the Director or a regional council, as the case may be, of an inability to contain or clean up a marine oil spill.