Energy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1995

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Amendment of section 3 of Sea Pollution Act, 1991 .

7.— Section 3 (1) of the Sea Pollution Act, 1991 , is hereby amended by the insertion in paragraph (b) of the definition of “discharge”, after “mineral resources”, of “or in connection with the operation of a pipe-line or cable for the transport or transmission of an energy product (within the meaning of the Continental Shelf Act, 1968 ), whether derived from mineral resources as aforesaid or not”, and the said definition, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

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“discharge”, in relation to oil, oily mixtures, noxious liquid substances, harmful substances, sewage or garbage, or any effluent containing any of those substances, means any release, howsoever caused, from a ship and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying of any substance from a ship, but does not include—

(a) dumping, within the meaning of the Dumping at Sea Act, 1981 , or

(b) the release of oil, oily mixtures, noxious liquid substances or harmful substances directly arising from the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of sea-bed mineral resources or in connection with the operation of a pipe-line or cable for the transport or transmission of an energy product (within the meaning of the Continental Shelf Act, 1968 ), whether derived from mineral resources as aforesaid or not, or

(c) the release of oil, oily mixtures, noxious liquid substances or harmful substances for the purpose of legitimate scientific research into pollution abatement or control;