Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540:section:26aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 26AA
Character Range: 91252–92116

26AA  Power to require discharge of a liquid substance or a mixture containing a liquid substance at a reception facility
 (1) A prescribed officer may require the owner or master of a ship, by written notice given to the owner or master, as the case may be, to cause a specified quantity of a liquid substance or of a mixture containing a liquid substance to be discharged within a specified period from the ship to a specified facility that is suitable to receive that quantity of the substance or mixture if the officer has reason to believe that retention of the liquid substance or mixture would create a risk of discharge from the ship into the sea.
 (2) The owner or master of a ship to whom a notice is given under subsection (1) must comply with the notice.
Penalty: 500 penalty units.

Part IIIA—Prevention of pollution by packaged harmful substances