Marine Pollution (Preparedness and Response) Act 2013 (No. 33 of 2013).

This Act provides with respect to prevention of and response to pollution by ships. It applies to all spills or possible spills of oil, chemicals or any other pollutant from any or all sources that may pollute or threaten to pollute Papua New Guinea waters, aquatic resources, coastline or related interests. The Act declares various international agreements on marine pollution to have the force of law in Papua New Guinea, but the provisions of this Act shall prevail over such agreements, and Regulations may modify the application of any such agreement to meet the needs and circumstances of Papua New Guinea.
The Act appoints the National Maritime Safety Authority Act 2003 as the principal administrator of this Act and requires it to undertake a national marine pollution risk assessment at least every five years or whenever there is a major new development that may alter the risk of marine pollution incidents affecting Papua New Guinea waters or coastline. The Authority, with advice from the National Marine Pollution Committee, established under this Act, shall ensure that a National Marine Pollution Contingency Plan is developed, implemented and maintained. All owners and operators of port facilities, oil or chemical handling facilities or offshore installations which pose the risk of marine pollution incidents shall develop, implement and maintain site-specific marine pollution contingency plan.
The Act furthermore provides with respect to, among other things: marine pollution response equipment; regional cooperative arrangements for mutual assistance in the response to marine pollution incidents; the duty to report incidents; management of response actions; powers of intervention in case of marine casualties; liability and compensation; administration; inspections; enforcement; offences.