Dropped objects
23.—(1) All dropped objects must be reported to the harbour authority using the Dropped Object Procedure Form within six hours of the undertaker becoming aware of an incident.
(2) The MMO Marine Licensing Team require a copy of the Dropped Object Procedure Form to be submitted no later than 24 hours after reporting to the harbour authority under sub-paragraph (1).
(3) On receipt of the Dropped Object Procedure Form, the harbour authority or the MMO Marine Licensing Team may require relevant surveys to be carried out by the undertaker (such as side scan sonar), and the MMO or the harbour authority may require obstructions to be removed from the seabed at the undertaker’s expense, if it is reasonable to do so.