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27.—(1) This regulation is subject to regulation 29.
(2) The disposal of dunnage, lining and packing materials which will float, from a ship to which this regulation applies into the sea outside a Special Area is prohibited unless—
(a)the distance from the ship to the nearest land is 25 nautical miles or more, and
(b)the disposal is made as far from the nearest land as is practicable.
(3) The disposal of general garbage, which has been ground or comminuted to the required standard, from such a ship into the sea outside a Special Area is prohibited unless—
(a)the distance from the ship to the nearest land is three nautical miles or more, and
(b)the disposal is made as far from the nearest land as is practicable.
(4) The disposal of general garbage, other than that referred to in paragraph (3), from such a ship into the sea outside a Special Area is prohibited unless—
(a)the distance from the ship to the nearest land is 12 nautical miles or more, and
(b)the disposal is made as far from the nearest land as is practicable.
(5) In this regulation, “general garbage” means garbage other than—
(a)plastics, and
(b)dunnage, lining and packing materials which will float.
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