Navigation Act 2012
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222 Geographical application
(1) Section 9 does not apply to: (a) an offence against a regulation made under section 221; or (b) a civil penalty provision in regulations made for the purposes of section 221. (2) The master or owner of a foreign vessel or a recreational vessel that does not have Australian nationality: (a) does not commit an offence against a regulation made for the purposes of section 221 that relates to the vessel; and (b) is not liable for a civil penalty for a contravention of such a regulation that relates to the vessel; unless at the time of the act or omission constituting the alleged offence or contravention, the vessel concerned is: (c) in an Australian port; or (d) entering or leaving an Australian port; or (e) in the internal waters of Australia; or (f) in the territorial sea of Australia; or (g) in the exclusive economic zone of Australia.