Section 33
Composition of offences
of Prevention of Pollution ofthe Sea Act 1990
ActIn forceProvision 37 of 40
Section 33
(1)
The Director, Port Master or any person authorised in writing by the Director or Port Master may compound any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act which is prescribed as a compoundable offence, by collecting from a person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum not exceeding $2,000.
(2)
The Minister may make regulations to prescribe the offences which may be compounded.