Oil Pollution of the Sea (Amendment) Act, 1965

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Extension of section 17 of Principal Act.

8.—The provisions of section 17 of the Principal Act relating to the keeping of records of the discharge of oil and oily mixture shall apply to—

(a) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship outside the prohibited zones where special circumstances exist which, in the opinion of the master of the ship, make it neither reasonable nor practicable to retain the oil or oily mixture in the ship, and

(b) the discharge of oil or oily mixture from a ship for the purpose of securing the safety of any other ship or preventing damage to any other ship or cargo.