Section 13A

the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, of such of the following operations as may be prescribed:

the intake of ballast water;

the circulation or treatment of ballast water for ballast water management purposes;

the discharge of ballast water into the sea;

the discharge of ballast water to a facility for the reception of ballast water;

the accidental or other exceptional uptake or discharge of ballast water;

any failure or malfunction of the ballast water management system of the ship;

the taking of any additional measures to prevent, reduce, or eliminate the transfer of harmful aquatic organisms and pathogens through the ship’s ballast water and sediments, in accordance with regulations made under this Act;

the conduct of any other ballast water management operational procedures;

any event of discharge of ballast water or sediments by a ship that is exempt from the operation of section 10A(1) by regulations made under section 10A(3);

any event of discharge of ballast water mentioned in section 10A(2); and

any event of discharge of ballast water or sediments as is mentioned in section 10B.

prescribe the form of the ballast water record books or records and the nature of the entries to be made in them;

require the person keeping the ballast water record books or records to retain them for a prescribed period;

require the person mentioned in paragraph (b), at the end of the prescribed period, to transmit the ballast water record books or records to a place or person determined by the regulations; and

provide, after the transmission of the ballast water record books or records to the place or person mentioned in paragraph (c), for their custody (for such period as may be prescribed) and for their subsequent disposal.