Sea Pollution Act, 1991

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.