Sea Pollution (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2006

Amendment of section 2 (preparation and submission of plans to Minister) of Act of 1999.

20.— Section 2 of the Act of 1999 is amended—

(a) in subsections (1) and (2) by substituting “as soon as possible” for “as soon as may be”,

(b) by inserting the following after subsection (1):

“(1A) A harbour authority shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of this subsection, prepare and submit to the Minister a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage arising out of a pollution incident by hazardous and noxious substances occurring in a harbour under its control.”,

(c) by inserting the following after subsection (2):

“(2A) The operator of a hazardous and noxious substances handling facility shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of this subsection, prepare and submit to the Minister a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage arising out of a pollution incident by hazardous and noxious substances occurring on the handling facility concerned.”,

(d) by inserting the following after subsection (3):

“(3A) The Minister may require a local authority, within such period as is specified by the Minister, to prepare and submit to him or her a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage, arising out of a pollution incident by hazardous and noxious substances, to any area of seashore that is in whole or in part within its functional area or contiguous thereto.

(3B) The owner or master of a relevant Irish ship shall, as soon as possible after the commencement of this subsection, prepare and submit to the Minister a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage arising out of an oil pollution incident and a plan for the prevention and minimisation of damage arising out of a pollution incident by hazardous and noxious substances occurring on such ship.”,

and

(e) in subsection (5) by substituting “operator, local authority or Irish ship concerned” for “operator or local authority concerned”.