3Definitions

3 Definitions

In this Act:

applied provisions means the provisions of the Bunker Oil Convention mentioned in section 11 as they have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

appropriate insurance certificate has the meaning given by section 15.

Australia, when used in a geographical sense, includes the external Territories.

Authority means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.

Bunker Oil Convention means:

(a) the International Convention on Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage, 2001, done at London on 23 March 2001; or
(b) if the Convention has been amended by any amendment that has entered into force for Australia—the Convention as so amended.

Note: In 2008, the text of the Convention was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

Civil Liability Convention has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

coastal sea of Australia or an external Territory has the same meaning as in subsection 15B(4) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.

constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

enforcement officer means:

(a) an officer of Customs within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901; or
(b) an inspector within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012; or
(c) a person included in a class of persons prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this paragraph.

government ship means a ship (including a warship) that is owned or operated by:

(a) the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country; or
(b) an authority of the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or a foreign country.

gross tonnage has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

incident has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.

offshore facility has the same meaning as in the Bunker Oil Convention.