6Interpretation

6 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: agent, in relation to a ship's owner, see section 8.

Marine Pollution Act 1999 3 analyst means a person: (a) who is appointed as an analyst under section 11; or (b) who holds a kind of accreditation that is prescribed in relation to analysts in the Regulations. approved form means a form approved under section 98A. authorised officer means a person who is appointed as an authorised officer under section 51. Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the Agency allocated primary responsibility for administration of this Act under an Administrative Arrangements Order. coastal waters means the coastal waters of the Territory, within the meaning of the Coastal Waters (Northern Territory Powers) Act 1980 of the Commonwealth, and includes other waters within the limits of the Territory that are subject to the ebb and flow of the tide. Commonwealth Navigation Act means the Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth. condition includes restriction. discharge means any release, however caused, from a ship of a harmful substance or effluents containing such substances, and includes any escape, disposal, spilling, leaking, pumping, emitting or emptying, but does not include: (a) dumping within the meaning of the Convention for the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Waste and Other Matter, done at London on 13 November 1972; (b) release of harmful substances directly associated with the exploration, exploitation and associated offshore processing of sea-bed mineral and petroleum resources; or (c) release of harmful substances for purposes of legitimate scientific research into pollution abatement or control. discharge expenses means: (a) the reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Territory in: (i) investigating a discharge of a pollutant;

Marine Pollution Act 1999 4 (ii) preventing a discharge or minimising the effects of a discharge of a pollutant; (iii) treating animals and plants affected by a discharge of a pollutant; (iv) rehabilitating or restoring the Territory's marine and coastal environment; or (v) the exercise by an authorised officer of a power under