Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

5.   Keeping of records with respect to transfer of oil

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   (1)   There shall be kept in the case of every vessel, a record, in such form as the Port Manager may prescribe, of all operations in connection with the transfer of oil to and from the vessel.

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   (2)   The record required to be kept under this section shall, in the case of a barge, be kept, so far as relates to the transfer of oil to the barge, by the person supplying the oil, and, so far as relates to the transfer of oil from the barge, by the person to whom the oil is delivered, and shall, in every other case, be kept by the master of the vessel.

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   (3)   Every record kept under this section may at all reasonable times be inspected by the Port Manager in any place in which the vessel is or, in the case of a barge, was at the time of transfer or by any person duly authorised in writing by him or her.

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   (4)   If any person required to keep a record under this section fails to keep such a record or to make proper entries therein, or to produce the record on a demand in that behalf made by any person authorised to inspect it, he or she, in respect of each offence, is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $240, and if any such person makes any entry in the record which is to his or her knowledge false or in any material particular misleading, or wilfully fails to make any entry in the record, he or she, in respect of each offence, is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $480.

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   (Amended by Act 7 of 1972)