2013-2014-2015 

 

The Parliament of the 

Commonwealth of Australia 

 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

 

 

 

 

Presented and read a first time 

 

 

 

 

Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 

2015 

 

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(Infrastructure and Regional Development) 

 

 

 

A Bill for an Act to amend maritime legislation, 

and for related purposes 

   

   

 

 

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Contents 

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Short title ........................................................................................... 1

 

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Commencement ................................................................................. 1

 

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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2

 

Schedule 1--Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal 

Assent

 

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Part 1--Amendment of the Navigation Act 2012

 

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Navigation Act 2012

 

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Part 2--Amendment of the Protection of the Sea (Civil 

Liability) Act 1981 and the Protection of the Sea 

(Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 

2008

 

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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981

 

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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution 

Damage) Act 2008

 

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Part 3--Amendment of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention 

of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

 

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Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

 

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Part 4--Transitional provisions

 

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Schedule 2--Other amendments

 

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Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

 

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A Bill for an Act to amend maritime legislation, 

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and for related purposes 

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The Parliament of Australia enacts: 

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1  Short title 

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  This Act may be cited as the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 

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2015. 

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2  Commencement 

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(1)  Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table 

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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with 

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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Commencement information 

Column 1 

Column 2 

Column 3 

Provisions 

Commencement 

Date/Details 

1.  Sections 1 to 3 

and anything in 

this Act not 

elsewhere covered 

by this table 

The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. 

 

2.  Schedule 1 

The 28th day after this Act receives the 

Royal Assent. 

 

3.  Schedule 2 

The later of: 

(a) the 28th day after this Act receives the 

Royal Assent; and 

(b) 1 March 2016. 

 

Note: 

This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally 

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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of 

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this Act. 

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(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. 

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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it 

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may be edited, in any published version of this Act. 

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3  Schedules 

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  Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or 

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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule 

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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect 

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according to its terms. 

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Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal Assent  Schedule 1 

Amendment of the Navigation Act 2012  Part 1 

 

 

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Schedule 1

--Amendments commencing 28 

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days after Royal Assent 

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Part 1

--Amendment of the Navigation Act 2012 

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Navigation Act 2012 

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1  Subsection 14(1) (definition of dangerous goods) 

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Repeal the definition, substitute: 

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dangerous goods has the same meaning as in Chapter VII of the 

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Safety Convention. 

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2  Subsection 14(1) (definition of International Maritime 

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Dangerous Goods Code) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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3  Paragraphs 96(4)(a) and (b) 

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Repeal the paragraphs, substitute: 

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(a)  overloading (Division 3); and 

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(b)  loading (Subdivision A of Division 4); and 

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(c)  dangerous goods (Subdivision B of Division 4). 

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Schedule 1  Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal Assent 

Part 2  Amendment of the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 and the 

Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008 

 

 

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Part 2

--Amendment of the Protection of the Sea 

1 

(Civil Liability) Act 1981 and the Protection 

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of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil 

3 

Pollution Damage) Act 2008 

4 

Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 

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4  Subsection 15(6) 

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Omit "a ship as defined by subsection 7(4)", substitute "a ship that is 

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not a regulated Australian vessel". 

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5  Paragraph 15(7)(a) 

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Repeal the paragraph, substitute: 

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(a)  if the ship is registered in Australia and is not a Government 

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ship: 

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(i)  in the case of a ship that is a regulated Australian 

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vessel--a certificate issued under section 16 in respect 

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of the ship; or 

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(ii)  in the case of a ship that is not a regulated Australian 

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vessel--a certificate issued under section 16 in respect 

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of the ship, or a certificate issued in respect of the ship 

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under a law of a State that makes provision giving effect 

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to paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article VII of the 

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Convention in relation to that ship; or 

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6  At the end of paragraphs 15(7)(b) and (c) 

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Add "or". 

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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution 

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Damage) Act 2008 

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7  Section 3 (definition of domestic voyage ship) 

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Repeal the definition. 

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Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal Assent  Schedule 1 

Amendment of the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981 and the Protection of 

the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008  Part 2 

 

 

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8  Section 14 

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Omit "a domestic voyage ship", substitute "a ship that is not a regulated 

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Australian vessel". 

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9  Section 15 (table item 1) 

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Repeal the item, substitute: 

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1  is registered in Australia and is 

not a government ship 

(a) for a ship that is a regulated Australian 

vessel--a certificate issued under 

section 18 for the ship; or 

(b) for a ship that is not a regulated 

Australian vessel--a certificate issued 

under section 18 for the ship, or a 

certificate issued for the ship under a 

law of a State or Territory that gives 

effect to paragraphs 1, 2 and 4 of Article 

7 of the Bunker Oil Convention in 

relation to the ship. 

Schedule 1  Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal Assent 

Part 3  Amendment of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) 

Act 1983 

 

 

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Part 3

--Amendment of the Protection of the Sea 

1 

(Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 

2 

1983 

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Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) 

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Act 1983 

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10  Paragraph 3(1A)(b) 

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Repeal the paragraph, substitute: 

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(b)  the waters of the sea that are on the landward side of that part 

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or those parts of the territorial sea (including any waters of 

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the sea that are within the limits of the State). 

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11  Paragraph 3(1C)(b) 

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Repeal the paragraph, substitute: 

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(b)  the waters of the sea that are on the landward side of that part 

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or those parts of the territorial sea (including waters of the 

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sea that are within the limits of the Territory). 

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Amendments commencing 28 days after Royal Assent  Schedule 1 

Transitional provisions  Part 4 

 

 

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Part 4

--Transitional provisions 

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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to acts, 

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omissions and other matters occurring after the commencement of this 

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Schedule. 

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Schedule 2  Other amendments 

   

 

 

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Schedule 2

--Other amendments 

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Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) 

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Act 1983 

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1  After subparagraphs 10A(1)(c)(ii) and (2)(c)(ii) 

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Insert: 

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or (iii)  being used as ballast; 

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2  Subsections 10A(4) and (5) 

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After "used as fuel", insert ", or used as ballast,". 

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3  After subparagraphs 10B(1)(c)(ii) and (2)(c)(ii) 

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Insert: 

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or (iii)  being used as ballast; 

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4  Subsections 10B(4) and (5) 

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After "used as fuel", insert ", or used as ballast,". 

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5  Application of amendments 

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The amendments made by this Schedule apply in relation to acts and 

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omissions occurring after the commencement of this Schedule. 

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