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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
26Submission to jurisdiction
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26 Submission to jurisdiction
(1) In any proceedings brought in a court in Australia to enforce a claim in respect of a liability incurred under the applied provisions, each foreign country to which the Bunker Oil Convention applies is taken to: (a) have submitted to the jurisdiction of that court; and (b) have waived any defence based on its status as a sovereign country. (2) Nothing in this section permits the levy of execution against the property of such a country.