Section 19

If any oil, oily mixture or noxious liquid substance is discharged from any place on land or from any apparatus used for transferring the oil, mixture or substance from or to any ship (whether to or from a place on land or to or from another ship) or for any other operation, the person in charge of that apparatus or the occupier of that place (as the case may be) shall be liable to pay for the costs of any measure reasonably taken by the appointed authority after the discharge in removing or eliminating the oil, mixture or substance.