Navigation Act 1912
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266 Interpretation
(1) In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
Annex I means Annex I to the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Convention.
Australian ship means:
(a) a ship registered in Australia; or
(b) an unregistered ship having Australian nationality.
foreign ship means a ship that is not an Australian ship.
ship construction certificate means a certificate issued under section 267B and includes an International Oil Pollution Prevention Certificate issued in pursuance of Regulation 8 of Annex I, or of the law of a country other than Australia giving effect to that Regulation in relation to an Australian ship.
(2) Except in so far as the contrary intention appears, an expression that is used in this Division and in the Prevention of Pollution from Ships Convention, including Annex I 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. (3) For the purposes of this Division, a ship shall not be taken to comply with the provisions of Annex I if it does not comply with the regulations and orders referred to in section 267A.