37. In this Act unless the context otherwise requires" " barge" means a barge which has no means of self propulsion in the way of sails or engine power and which has to be towed or is allowed to drift under the influence of the tide or current and includes a lighter or any similar vessel; " dumping " means any deliberate disposal of any matter into the sea and includes putting, throwing, casting or depositing; "incident" in relation to pollution damage means any occurrence or any series of occurrences having the same origin, which causes the damage; " maritime casualty " means a collision of ships, stranding or other incident of navigation, or other occurrence on beard a ship or external to it resulting in material damage or imminent threat of material damage to a ship or cargo ; "master includes every person, except a pilot, having command of any ship or being in charge of any ship; " occupier " means the person in actual occupation of a please or land or IF there is no such person, the owner thereof; " off-shore installation " includes"
| (a) any installation or device (whether permanent or temporary) constructed, erected, placed or used in or on or above the sealed and subsoil of Sri Lanka waters, |
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| (b) any installation or device (whether permanent or temporary") constructed, erected, placed or used in or above the sea-bed and sub soil of the continental shelf in connection with the exploitation of the natural resources thereof, |
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| (c) anything afloat (other than a ship) if it is anchored or attached to the bed or shore of any Sri Lanka waters or if it is anchored to the bed of the waters over the continental shelf in connection with exploration for and exploitation of the natural resources thereof, |
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| (d) any installation or device constructed, erected, placed or used in or above the sea-bed and sub-soil of Sri Lanka waters or of the continental shelf in connection with any scientific research activity, |
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| (e) any structure connecting an off-shore installation with any other off-shore installation ; |
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" oil" means oil of any description in any form and includes spirits and other distilates produced from oil of any description and coal, tar, bitumen, bitumen emulsions, fuel oil, sludge oil refuse and oil mixed with waste; and includes mixtures of oil with waste or with any other substance; " operator " in relation to a ship includes the charterer whether the ship be time chartered, voyage chartered or chartered by demise ; " owner " means the person registered as the owner or in the absence of registration, the person owning or in possession; " pollutant" means any substance or any substance that is a part of a class of substances, prescribed by the Minister to be a pollutant for the purposes of this Act and includes any water contaminated by such substance; " prescribed " means prescribed by regulation ; " ship " means a vessel of any type whatsoever operating in the marine environment and includes fishing trawlers, hydrofoil boats, aircushion vehicles, submersibles, barges, floating-craft and fixed or floating platforms without regard to the method of or the lack of propulsion; " Sri Lanka waters " means the following waters : "
| (c) the exclusive economic zone, |
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| (d) the continental shelf, |
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| (e) the pollution prevention zone, as defined in the Maritime Zones Law, No. 22 of 1976 ; and |
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" transfer" in relation to oil or any pollutant means transfer in bulk. |
Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts