Marine Pollution Regulation 2024
39Application—the Act, s 243(2)(k)
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39 Application—the Act, s 243(2)(k)
39 Application—the Act, s 243(2)(k)
(1) This division and Schedule 6 apply to the following commercial vessels—
(a) a Class 1 vessel or a Class 4 vessel for which hull construction for the vessel commenced after 31 December 2004,
(b) a vessel used on the Murray River or in Sydney Harbour if—
(i) hull construction for the vessel commenced after 31 December 2004, or
(ii) a greywater tank was installed in the vessel after 31 December 2004.
(2) In this section—
Murray River includes—
(a) the waters of the part of the Darling River and its tributaries from the junction of that river with the Murray River upstream approximately 42km to the overhead crossing at Avoca, and
(b) the waters of the anabranches of the Murray River, and
(c) the backed up waters of all dams and other impoundments on the Murray River from the South Australian border upstream to the source of the Murray River.
Sydney Harbour means the waters of Sydney Harbour, including the waters of all tidal bays, rivers and their tributaries connected or leading to the harbour bounded by the mean high water mark and lying to the west of a line commencing at the southernmost point of North Head and running to the northernmost point of South Head.