# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 16

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

In subsection (8) of section 9 of the Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971 (under which a harbour authority is liable to a fine not exceeding £10 for each day on which it fails to comply with a direction to provide oil reception facilities) for the word “£10” there shall be substituted the words “£500 and to a further fine not exceeding £50”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/6/paragraph/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-6/paragraph-16
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