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MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 12

Application of Act to mixtures of marine pollutants

12 Application of Act to mixtures of marine pollutants

(1) In this Act, a reference to a discharge of a marine pollutant or a residue includes a reference to a discharge of a mixture that contains that marine pollutant or residue.
(2) If a mixture that contains more than one marine pollutant is discharged into State waters--
(a) if one of the pollutants discharged is garbage--see section 66A, or
(b) otherwise--each of the applicable Parts in relation to each of the marine pollutants in the mixture applies in relation to the mixture.
(3) However, a person is not liable to be convicted of an offence under more than one applicable Part in respect of the same discharge of a mixture.
(4) In this section--

"applicable Part" means--
(a) in relation to oil--Part 3, or
(b) in relation to a noxious liquid substance--Part 4, or
(c) in relation to a harmful substance--Part 5, or
(d) in relation to sewage--Part 6.



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