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Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
sec.7Meaning of agent
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### sec.7 Meaning of agent
An agent of a ship owner is the person who, for the owner—
performs a function under the Marine Safety Act or the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , chapter 8 ; or
performs a function under the domestic commercial vessel national law; or
makes an arrangement for berthing the ship, or loading or unloading cargo on or from the ship, in the State; or
makes an arrangement for the ship to load bunkers or stores in the State.
The person remains the ship owner’s agent until—
the person, or the ship owner, gives the general manager written notice that the person is no longer the ship’s agent; or
someone else in the State is appointed by the ship owner as agent; or
the ship goes outside coastal waters.
If subsection (2) (a) and (b) do not apply, the person again becomes the ship owner’s agent when the ship returns to coastal waters.
s 7 amd 2002 No. 29 s 16 sch 1 ; 2010 No. 13 s 88 sch ; 2016 No. 3 s 68
(sec.7-ssec.1) An agent of a ship owner is the person who, for the owner— performs a function under the Marine Safety Act or the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , chapter 8 ; or performs a function under the domestic commercial vessel national law; or makes an arrangement for berthing the ship, or loading or unloading cargo on or from the ship, in the State; or makes an arrangement for the ship to load bunkers or stores in the State.
(sec.7-ssec.2) The person remains the ship owner’s agent until— the person, or the ship owner, gives the general manager written notice that the person is no longer the ship’s agent; or someone else in the State is appointed by the ship owner as agent; or the ship goes outside coastal waters.
(sec.7-ssec.3) If subsection (2) (a) and (b) do not apply, the person again becomes the ship owner’s agent when the ship returns to coastal waters.
- (a) performs a function under the Marine Safety Act or the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 , chapter 8 ; or
- (b) performs a function under the domestic commercial vessel national law; or
- (c) makes an arrangement for berthing the ship, or loading or unloading cargo on or from the ship, in the State; or
- (d) makes an arrangement for the ship to load bunkers or stores in the State.
- (a) the person, or the ship owner, gives the general manager written notice that the person is no longer the ship’s agent; or
- (b) someone else in the State is appointed by the ship owner as agent; or
- (c) the ship goes outside coastal waters.