Marine Pollution (Preparedness and Response) Act 2013 (No. 33 of 2013).

[摘要] This Act provides with respect to prevention of and response to pollution by ships. It applies to all spills or possible spills of oil, chemicals or any other pollutant from any or all sources that may pollute or threaten to pollute Papua New Guinea waters, aquatic resources, coastline or related interests. The Act declares various international agreements on marine pollution to have the force of law in Papua New Guinea, but the provisions of this Act shall prevail over such agreements, and Regu

[发布日期] 2014-01-01

[关键词] Marine pollution;Basic legislation;Pollution control;Early warning system/emergency intervention system;Disasters;Policy/planning;Inspection;Institution;International agreement-implementation;Enforcement/compliance;Offences/penalties [时效性] Effective