Recycling of Ships Act, 2019
Bare Act · 2019
An Act to provide for the regulation of recycling of ships by setting certain standards and laying down the statutory mechanism for enforcement of such standards and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 49 of 2019
- Enacted
- 13 December 2019
- Contents
- 47 sections · 11 chapters
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Contents
Chapter I — Preliminary
Chapter II — Authorities Under The Act
Chapter III — Requirements For Ships
- Section 5 – Non-application of provisions of this Chapter
- Section 6 – Controls on hazardous materials (preview)
- Section 7 – Surveys (preview)
- Section 8 – Certificate on inventory of hazardous materials (preview)
- Section 9 – Validity of certificate (preview)
Sections
- Section 10 – Suspension or cancellation of certificate (preview)
- Section 32 – Penalty for contravention of provisions of this Act or rules or regulations (preview)
Chapter IV — Ship Recycling Facility
- Section 11 – Authorisation of ship recycling facility (preview)
- Section 12 – Ship recycling facility management plan and procedure for authorisation of ship recycling facility (preview)
- Section 13 – Suspension or cancellation of authorisation (preview)
- Section 14 – Emergency preparedness and response (preview)
- Section 15 – Workers safety, training and insurance (preview)
Chapter V — Process Of Recycling Of Ships
- Section 16 – Ready for recycling certificate (preview)
- Section 17 – Ship recycling plan (preview)
- Section 18 – General requirements (preview)
- Section 19 – Obligations on part of ship owner (preview)
- Section 20 – Procedure for grant of permission for ship recycling (preview)
- Section 21 – Safe and environmentally sound management of hazardous materials (preview)
- Section 22 – Obligation on Ship Recycler to take measures for protection of environment (preview)
Chapter VI — Reporting Requirements
- Section 23 – Statement of completion (preview)
- Section 24 – Report to National Authority (preview)
Chapter VII — Appeals
- Section 25 – Appeal against decision of Competent Authority (preview)
- Section 26 – Appeal against decision of National Authority (preview)
Chapter VIII — Powers And Functions Of National Authority, Competent Authority And Central Government
- Section 27 – Power to search and seize records, etc (preview)
- Section 28 – Power to inspect, dismiss, exclude or detain a ship (preview)
- Section 29 – Power to exempt (preview)
- Section 30 – Act not to apply to certain ships (preview)
Chapter IX — Offences, Penalties And Compensation
- Section 31 – Punishment for contravention of provisions of Act or rules or regulations (preview)
- Section 32A – Adjudication of Penalties (preview)
- Section 33 – Punishment for other offences (preview)
- Section 34 – Offences by companies (preview)
- Section 35 – Offences to be non-congnizable, bailable and compoundable (preview)
- Section 36 – Cognizance of Offences (preview)
- Section 37 – Amount payable by owner, master or agent (preview)
- Section 38 – Place of trial and jurisdiction of court (preview)
- Section 39 – Compensation (preview)
Chapter X — Miscellaneous
- Section 40 – Delegation of powers (preview)
- Section 41 – Act not in derogation of any other law (preview)
- Section 42 – Power to make rules (preview)
- Section 43 – Power to make regulations (preview)
- Section 44 – Laying of rules and regulations (preview)
- Section 45 – Protection of action taken in good faith (preview)
- Section 46 – Removal of difficulties (preview)