Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1977
Amendment of section 11 of Act of 1956. |
10.—Section 11 of the Act of 1956 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection— | |
“(1) (a) If any oil or oily mixture is discharged (directly or indirectly) into the territorial seas of the State, or into any of its inland waters that are navigable by sea-going vessels, or on its seashore, then, if the discharge is— | ||
(i) from a vessel, the owner and also the master of the vessel, | ||
(ii) from a place on land, the occupier of that place, | ||
(iii) from apparatus for transferring oil to or from a vessel, the person in charge of the apparatus, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence. | ||
(b) In this subsection “seashore” has the same meaning as in the Foreshore Act, 1933 ”. |