Marine Pollution (Control and Civil Liability) Act, 1981 (Act No. 6 of 1981)24. Pollution safety certificate required for operation of offshore installation |
| (1) | Subject to the provisions of subsection (2), no person shall operate an offshore installation unless a pollution safety certificate issued in terms of the provisions of this section is in force in respect thereof. |
| (2) | No offshore installation which is operated at the date of commencement of this Act shall continue to be so operated after the expiration of a period of twelve months as from the said date unless a pollution safety certificate has in terms of the provisions of this section been issued in respect thereof. |
| (3) | Any person desiring a pollution safety certificate shall in writing apply therefor to the Authority, and the Authority shall, subject to the provisions of subsection (4), upon receipt of such an application issue a pollution safety certificate in the prescribed form in respect of the offshore installation in question, subject to such conditions relating to the operation of the offshore installation as may be determined by the Authority and specified in the pollution safety certificate. |
| (4) | No pollution safety certificate shall be issued by the Authority in terms of this section unless the offshore installation in question complies with such conditions and requirements relating to the construction and operation thereof as the Minister may prescribe by regulation. |
| (5) | Any person who— |
| (a) | operates an offshore installation in contravention of the provisions of subsection (1) or (2); |
| (b) | in operating an offshore installation fails to comply with any condition specified in the pollution safety certificate in question, |
shall be guilty of an offence.