Force majeure
7. If, due to stress of weather or any other cause the master of a vessel determines that it is necessary to deposit the authorised substances and/or articles within or outside of the Order limits seaward of MHWS because the safety of human life and/or of the vessel is threatened full details of the circumstances of the deposit must be notified to the MMO within 48 hours, and the undertaker must—
(a)as soon as reasonably practicable following such notification, submit a method statement and programme for the removal of the deposit; and
(b)undertake the removal of the deposit in accordance with the approved method statement and programme, unless otherwise agreed with the MMO.