S.L. 234.47 Art. 11Prohibition of proceeding to sea without appropriate certificate.

(1) No Maltese ship, to which these regulations apply, shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea on an international voyage unless in possession of a valid International Sewage

Pollution Prevention Certificate.

(2) No ship, to which these regulations apply, shall proceed or attempt to proceed to sea on an international voyage from Maltese waters unless in possession of a valid International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate in respect of such ship.

(3) If a ship proceeds or attempts to proceed to sea on an international voyage, in contravention of the provisions contained in subregulations (1) and (2), the master of the ship shall be liable to a fine (multa) as provided for in regulation 12.

(4) The master of every ship to which the provisions of subregulation (2) apply, shall produce to the officer from whom a clearance for the ship is demanded, at the time a clearance for the ship is demanded for a voyage from Malta to a port or place outside Maltese waters, valid certificates referred to in the said subregulation at the time when the ship proceeds to sea on an international voyage, and such clearance shall not be granted, and the ship may be detained, until the said certificate or certificates are so produced.

(5) Where an exemption certificate issued for the purposes of Annex IV in respect of a ship specifies any conditions on which the certificate is issued and any of those conditions are not complied with, such person shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) as provided for in regulation 12.