Maritime Transport Act 1994

Plans and responses to protect marine environment from marine oil spills - Obligations and offences in respect of marine oil spill contingency plans

315: Offences in respect of notification of inability to contain and clean up marine oil spills

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"Breaking the law by not reporting you can't stop or clean up an oil spill at sea"

If you are in charge of a ship or responsible for a marine oil spill plan at an offshore installation or oil transfer site, you must follow the rules. You have a duty to tell the Director or a regional council if you cannot contain or clean up a marine oil spill, as stated in section 299. If you do not do this, you will commit an offence.

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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

  1. 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.