Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY FOR BUNKER OIL POLLUTION DAMAGE) ACT 2008 (NO. 76, 2008) - SECT 23

Ship registered in Australia

             (1)  A certificate issued under section 18 for a ship immediately ceases to be in force if:

                     (a)  when the certificate was issued, the ship was registered in Australia; and

                     (b)  the ship ceases to be registered in Australia.

Ship registered in foreign country that is not a Convention country

             (2)  A certificate issued under section 18 for a ship immediately ceases to be in force if:

                     (a)  when the certificate was issued, the ship was registered in a foreign country that was not a country to which the Bunker Oil Convention applied; and

                     (b)  the ship ceases to be registered in that country or that country becomes a country to which that Convention applies.