Regulation 43

The owner, agent or master of a vessel from which dangerous goods are intended to be removed or discharged in the port shall give notice of such intention and the nature and character of the goods to —

No owner, agent or master of a vessel shall remove or discharge dangerous goods in the port unless he has obtained the permission of the Port Master and terminal manager or (where there is no terminal manager) the occupier of the wharf.

The Port Master and the terminal manager or occupier of the wharf may each, in granting his permission under paragraph (2), impose such conditions as he thinks fit.

The owner, agent or master of a vessel who discharges goods of a flammable, explosive or dangerous nature onto a wharf shall, if required by notice by the Port Master, remove, destroy or render innocuous the whole or any part of the goods if the goods were discharged without complying with paragraph (1) or (2).

Any person who fails to comply with the notice referred to in paragraph (4) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part thereof during which the notice is not complied with.

Notwithstanding paragraphs (4) and (5), if the goods are not removed, destroyed or rendered innocuous within the time given in the notice under paragraph (4) —