Paragraph 20 Force majeure

If, due to stress of weather or any other cause, the master of a vessel determines that it is necessary to deposit the authorised deposits within or outside of the Order limits because the safety of human life and/or of the vessel is threatened (an “unauthorised deposit”), full details of the circumstances of the deposit must be notified to the MMO in the manner provided in condition 19(9) within 48 hours of the deposit.

Any unauthorised deposit must be removed at the expense of the undertaker unless written approval is obtained from the MMO.