Sea Pollution Act, 1991
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Keeping of records. |
15.—(1) The master of a ship to which section 14 applies shall keep— | |
(a) such records as may be prescribed of operations on board his ship in relation to any prescribed substance; | ||
(b) such records as may be prescribed of the discharge of any prescribed substance resulting from damage to a ship, or for the purpose of— | ||
(i) securing the safety of a ship, or | ||
(ii) saving life at sea, or | ||
(c) such records as may be prescribed of the discharge of any substance, in excess of the quantity, if any, permitted by regulations under section 10 . | ||
(2) The Minister may, in regulations under subsection (1), make provision for all or any of the following matters in relation to any prescribed substance— | ||
(a) the manner and form in which any records required under this section should be kept; | ||
(b) the custody and preservation of any such records; | ||
(c) the disposal of any such records; | ||
(d) the making available of any such records for inspection; | ||
(e) such other and incidental matters as appear to the Minister to be necessary. | ||
(3) Any person who— | ||
(a) contravenes this section or any regulation made thereunder, or | ||
(b) makes in any record required to be kept under this section any entry or alteration which is to his knowledge false or misleading in a material respect, | ||
shall be guilty of an offence. |