Air Pollution Control (Fuel for Vessels) Regulation
Part 3
L.N. 135 of 2018
Section 14
B4183
- (h) the volume and sulphur content of the compliant fuel carried on the vessel for operating its specified machinery when a fuel switch operation to noncompliant fuel commences on the vessel.
(2) The particulars must be recorded as soon as practicable after the occurrence to which the particulars relate.
(3) If subsection (1) is contravened, the owner and the master of the vessel each commits an offence.
(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (3) is liable on conviction to a fine at level 5 and to imprisonment for 3 months.
(5) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under subsection (3) to prove that the person had reasonable excuse for contravening subsection (1).
(6) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) a fuel switch operation to compliant fuel is completed when the fuel pipes leading to all of the specified machinery of the vessel concerned are filled only with compliant fuel; and
- (b) a fuel switch operation to non-compliant fuel commences when a fuel pipe leading to any of the specified machinery of the vessel concerned begins to be filled with non-compliant fuel.
14. Keeping of documents
(1) The log book of a vessel in which any particulars are recorded under section 13(1) and section 4 of the Schedule must—
- (a) be kept on the vessel for a period of 3 years after the date on which the particulars are recorded; and
