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MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 135

Requirement to carry garbage record book on board ship

135 Requirement to carry garbage record book on board ship

(1) The master and the owner of a prescribed ship are each guilty of an offence if the ship does not carry a garbage record book that complies with this Division.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--$5,500, or
(b) in the case of a corporation--$22,000.
(2) However, the master and the owner of a ship do not commit an offence--
(a) if the ship is the subject of a waiver in accordance with section 137, or
(b) if the ship is a recreational vessel with a gross tonnage of less than 400 that is not on an overseas voyage.
(3) In this section--

"prescribed ship" means a ship--
(a) that has a gross tonnage of 400 or more, or
(b) that is certified to carry 15 persons or more.
Editor's note : See Reg 10.3 of Annex V of MARPOL.



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