{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-136",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995/section-136.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/21",
  "legislation_title": "Merchant Shipping Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1995",
  "path": "section/136",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "136",
  "heading": "Duty to report discharge of oil into waters of harbours.",
  "text": "(1) If any oil or mixture containing oil—\n(a) is discharged from a ship into the waters of a harbour in the United Kingdom; or\n(b) is found to be escaping or to have escaped from a ship into any such waters;\nthe owner or master of the ship shall forthwith report the occurrence to the harbour master, or, if the harbour has no harbour master, to the harbour authority.\n(2) A report made under subsection (1) above shall state whether the occurrence falls within subsection (1)(a) or (b) above.\n(3) If a person fails to make a report as required by this section he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/21/section/136",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:07.847944+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}