Victorian Current Acts

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1986 - SECT 9

S. 9(1) substituted by No. 46/1991
s. 6.

    (1)     Subject to subsection (2), if any oil residues that cannot be discharged from a ship into State waters without the commission of an offence against section 8(1) are not retained on board the ship when the ship is in State waters, the master and the owner of the ship are each guilty of an indictable offence punishable, upon conviction—

        (a)     if the offender is a natural person, by a fine not exceeding 2000 penalty units, or imprisonment for two years, or both;

        (b)     if the offender is a body corporate, by a fine not exceeding 10 000 penalty units.

    (2)     Oil residues may be discharged from a ship to a reception facility provided in accordance with Regulation 12 of Annex I to the Convention.