Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (POWERS OF INTERVENTION) ACT 1981 No. 33, 1981 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears -



"Australia" includes the external Territories;



"cargo" includes ballast and ship's stores and fuel;



"Convention" means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on
the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (a copy of the English text
of which is set forth in Schedule 1);



"direction under this Act" means a direction under paragraph 8 (2) (b), 9 (2)
(b) or 10 (3) (b) or a further direction under section 15;



"master", in relation to a ship, means the person having command or charge of
the ship;



"owner", in relation to a ship that is operated by a person (not being the
owner of the ship) who has whole possession and control of the ship, means the
operator of the ship;



"Protocol" means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in
Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 (a copy of the English
text of which is set forth in Schedule 2).

(2) It is hereby declared to be the intention of the Parliament that the
provisions of this Act that relate to the Protocol shall have full force and
effect whether or not the Protocol has entered into force.