Regulation 3 Duty to report
The master of a ship involved in an incident at sea involving
an actual or probable discharge of oil, or a noxious liquid substance carried in bulk resulting or likely to result from damage to the ship or its equipment, or made or likely to be made for the purpose of securing the safety of a ship or saving life at sea; or
an actual or probable discharge of a marine pollutant in packaged form from the ship;
an actual discharge during the operation of the ship of oil or a noxious liquid substance in excess of the quantity or instantaneous rate permitted under the relevant provisions of Part 3 of the Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Oil Pollution) Regulation 1983f1 or Part II of the Merchant Shipping (Control of Pollution by Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk) Regulations 1987f2;
shall report the particulars of such an incident without delay and to the fullest extent possible in accordance with the requirements of regulation 4.
In the event of a report from such a ship being incomplete or unobtainable, the owner, shall, to the fullest extent practicable, make or complete the report required by paragraph (1).