Victorian Current Acts

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1986 - SECT 48

    (1)     This Division applies to—

        (a)     a trading ship proceeding on an intra-state voyage; and

        (b)     an Australian fishing vessel proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage; and

        (c)     a pleasure vessel.

    (2)     In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears—

        Annex III means Annex III to the Convention.

    (3)     Except in so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used in this Division and in the Convention, including Annex III but not including any other Annex to that Convention, (whether or not a particular meaning is assigned to it by that Convention) has, in this Division, the same meaning as in that Convention.

    (4)     For the purposes of this Division, a ship shall not be taken to comply with the provisions of Annex III if it does not comply with the regulations and orders referred to in section 49.

S. 49
inserted by No. 46/1991 s. 31.