Marine Pollution Regulations 2003

(1) For the purposes of section 28(b) of the Act, the procedures prescribed for the jettisoning of a harmful substance are the procedures set out in the IMDG Code as appropriate for the substance.

(2) If a harmful substance carried as cargo in packaged form is jettisoned to secure the safety of the ship or for saving life at sea, the jettisoning must be done in accordance with the procedures referred to in subregulation (1), unless to do so would impair the safety of the ship or persons on board the ship.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units.

(3) In determining the procedures that are appropriate, regard must be had to the physical, chemical and biological properties of the substance.

(4) If the jettisoning is by washing of leakages overboard, the person who authorises the washing must reasonably believe that washing overboard is the most appropriate way of disposing of the leaked substance having regard to:

(a) any information about the substance contained in the IMDG Code; and

(5) In this regulation, IMDG Code means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code.