The Minister may, on application, authorise the emergency dumping at sea of waste or other material in terms of section 71 read with section 72 of the Act in two instances:
(a) immediate emergency dumping where the Minister may verbally authorise emergency dumping where, in addition to the criteria in section 72(1) of the Act, there is no time for the submission of a written application; or
(b) ordinary emergency dumping in circumstances other than those contemplated in sub-regulation (1)(a), where the Minister may authorise in writing, emergency dumping if the requirements in section 72 of the Act and regulation 7 are satisfied.