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PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 10

Prohibition of discharge of oil residues into sea

  (3)   If:

  (a)   an oil residue is discharged from an Australian ship into the sea; and

  (b)   such a discharge cannot occur without the commission of an offence against subsection   9(1B) or of an offence against a law of a State or Territory;

the master, the charterer and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 20,000 penalty units.

  (4)   An offence against subsection   (3) is an offence of strict liability.


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