Oil Pollution of the Sea (Civil Liability and Compensation) (Amendment) Act 2003

Amendment of section 19 (returns of volume of oil carried by sea) of Act of 1988.

5.—Section 19 (as amended by section 9 of the Act of 1998) of the Act of 1988 is amended by substituting the following for subsection (4):

“(4) A person who—

(a) fails to submit to the Minister the returns specified in subsection (1) within the prescribed time,

(b) submits a false return to the Minister,

(c) fails to make the payment specified in subsection (2), or

(d) fails to make the payment specified in section 19A(2),

is guilty of an offence.”.