Laws of Bermuda

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

SR&O 31/1967

MARINE & PORTS AUTHORITY (DUMPING) REGULATIONS

[made under the Marine Board Act 1962 and brought into operation on 9 September 1967]

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1 No hulks to be brought into territorial waters

2 No ballast, oil or rubbish to be dumped in harbour

3 Minister may direct disposal

4 Minister may recover costs

5 Penalties

No hulks to be brought into territorial waters

1 No person shall bring into the territorial waters of Bermuda, or abandon therein, any hulk, wreck or remains of any vessel, boom, raft, floating dock, or other article likely to become unsightly or prejudicial to the free navigation of those waters, without the previous permission of the Minister.

No ballast, oil or rubbish to be dumped in harbour

2 No person shall discharge or deposit any ballast, oil (or its derivatives) or rubbish in the waters of the harbours of Bermuda without the previous permission of the Minister.

Minister may direct disposal

3 The Minister may direct any person responsible for contravening any of the provisions of regulation 1 or regulation 2 to remove from the

MARINE & PORTS AUTHORITY (DUMPING) REGULATIONS

waters of Bermuda, or to destroy to the satisfaction of the Minister, the article or matter concerned and the person to whom such direction is given shall comply therewith.

Minister may recover costs

4 Without prejudice to regulation 5 the Minister may take such steps as may be necessary to remove from the territorial waters of Bermuda, or to destroy, any article or matter brought in, abandoned, discharged or deposited in contravention of regulation 1 or regulation 2 and may recover from the person responsible for the contravention all costs incurred in so doing.

Penalties

5 Any person who contravenes any provisions of these Regulations commits an offence: Punishment on summary conviction: imprisonment for 3 months or a fine of $360 or both such imprisonment and fine.

[Amended by:

1970 : 32]