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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.6Meaning of MARPOL
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### sec.6 Meaning of MARPOL
MARPOL is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973—
as corrected by the procés-verbal of rectification dated 13 June 1978; and
as modified and added to by the 1978 Protocol; and
as affected by any amendment made under article 16 of the Convention and that has entered force for Australia.
At the commencement of this note, the text of MARPOL is accessible through the Australian Maritime Safety Authority website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.
In this section—
1978 Protocol means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as affected by any amendment made under article VI of the Protocol that has entered force for Australia.
s 6 amd 2008 No. 67 s 239
(sec.6-ssec.1) MARPOL is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973— as corrected by the procés-verbal of rectification dated 13 June 1978; and as modified and added to by the 1978 Protocol; and as affected by any amendment made under article 16 of the Convention and that has entered force for Australia. At the commencement of this note, the text of MARPOL is accessible through the Australian Maritime Safety Authority website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.
(sec.6-ssec.2) In this section— 1978 Protocol means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as affected by any amendment made under article VI of the Protocol that has entered force for Australia.
- (a) as corrected by the procés-verbal of rectification dated 13 June 1978; and
- (b) as modified and added to by the 1978 Protocol; and
- (c) as affected by any amendment made under article 16 of the Convention and that has entered force for Australia.