This Act gives effect in Queensland to MARPOL Annexes I–V to protect marine and coastal environments by minimising deliberate and negligent ship‑sourced discharges (s.3). It treats pollutants that enter coastal waters as discharges under the Act even if released outside coastal waters (s.9). It imposes obligations on shipowners, masters, crew, port...

This Marine Order replaces the 2014 instrument and implements Annex I of MARPOL for vessels in Australian waters, setting technical standards, surveys, certificates (IOPP), reporting, shipboard plans and ship‑to‑ship transfer rules. It affects Australian and foreign vessels, their owners and masters, and issuing bodies. AMSA and authorised issuing bodies...

This Order implements MARPOL Annex II for Australian and applicable foreign vessels, requiring vessels to meet Annex II controls, undergo surveys and, where required, hold an International Pollution Prevention (IPP) certificate. It prescribes technical standards, reporting, record keeping and tank‑cleaning rules. Owners and operators pay compliance costs...

This Order implements Annex III of MARPOL for harmful substances in packaged form: it requires owners and masters to comply with packing, marking, labelling and stowage rules, to provide transport documents to AMSA before departure, and it prescribes how and when substances may be washed overboard, how incidents must be notified, and the form and timing for...

Marine Order 95 updates and replaces the 2013 Marine Order to implement MARPOL Annex V and set concrete rules for ship generated garbage. It prescribes which cargo residues and cleaning agents are harmful (s6, s8), how animal carcasses must be processed before discharge (s7), and requires garbage record books and management plans (including prescribed forms...

Marine Order 96 implements MARPOL Annex IV in Australia by setting technical and administrative rules for ship sewage: required approved treatment or holding systems, standard discharge connections, ISPP certificates, incident/reporting duties, and an approval process (including a numeric discharge formula). It affects vessel owners/operators and foreign...

This Marine Order gives Australia effect to IMO MARPOL Annex VI for air pollution from ships. It requires surveys and certificates, limits fuel sulphur and NOx emissions, mandates energy efficiency metrics (EEDI/EEXI, CII), record‑keeping and fuel supplier registration, and creates offences and penalties. It primarily affects vessel owners, masters, engine...

This Act implements key MARPOL obligations in the Northern Territory by banning discharges from ships of oil, noxious liquids, packaged harmful substances and garbage into coastal waters, and by giving authorised officers powers to board, seize, detain ships and require securities. Ship owners, masters (and in places agents and corporate executive officers)...

This Act creates a NSW framework to prevent, investigate and penalise vessel‑sourced marine pollution by giving domestic effect to MARPOL Annexes I–V and aligning State rules with Commonwealth arrangements (s2A, s4). It defines who is “responsible” for discharges and sets out technical duties on ships and occupiers — including certification, transfer...

This regulation repeals the 2014 instrument and sets detailed, technical rules for preventing and responding to marine pollution in NSW. It prescribes shipboard plans, record books, construction certificates, sewage/greywater/garbage controls, reporting obligations, fees and penalties, and allocates enforcement and certification roles to the Minister, TfNSW...

These Regulations set technical rules for ships in Northern Territory coastal waters to prevent marine pollution: they define when discharges are permitted, require shipboard emergency plans and record books for oil, noxious liquids and garbage, and prescribe tank‑washing, reporting, sampling and penalties. They impose compliance costs on shipowners,...

What this regulation does (mechanically) Sets detailed operational rules that give effect to the marine‑pollution parts of the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act by implementing standards from MARPOL (the international shipping pollution convention) and related IMO instruments (see Pt 1, Pt 2–6 and various cross‑references). Specifies when...

This Act brings international MARPOL pollution rules into State law. It makes discharging oil, noxious liquids or harmful packaged cargo into State waters a criminal offence, requires ships to carry certificates, oil/cargo record books and pollution emergency plans, and empowers inspectors and the Minister to inspect, detain, cancel certificates and direct...

This Act makes it an offence to operate or be in charge of a vessel while impaired by alcohol or drugs, sets out powers to require breath, blood, oral‑fluid or impairment testing, and prescribes fines, jail terms and mandatory licence cancellations. It also assigns roles for marine incident and pollution response to Safe Transport Victoria and related...

These Regulations set the technical rules for testing and proving alcohol or drug impairment on Victorian vessels: they prescribe approved breath, blood, urine and oral‑fluid devices, specify how samples must be taken, labelled, sealed and handed over, and prescribe the forms and particulars for certificates and immediate marine licence suspension. They...

These regulations give statutory effect in South Australia to specific MARPOL/IMO rules by prescribing records, packaging, marking, stowage, placards, garbage plans, reporting formats and enforcement for ships in State waters. They place duties on ship masters, owners and operators, port managers and the State Marine Pollution Controller, create offences...

The Navigation Act 2012 is Australia’s main maritime law setting safety, seafarer qualification and pollution rules for ships operating in Australian waters and ports. It gives effect to key international conventions and empowers AMSA to inspect, detain and enforce standards. It affects ship owners/operators, seafarers, pilots and visiting foreign vessels...

This Regulation replaces the 2009 marine safety rules and sets detailed legal definitions and operating rules for vessels, registration, boat‑driving and pilot licences, certificates of competency/exemption, and organisers of aquatic activities. It prescribes application requirements, medical/training/insurance/documentation obligations, specific...

This instrument is the management plan for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park under the EPBC Act. It assigns IUCN categories and maps zones, lists what activities are allowed, allowable (with authorisation) or prohibited, and sets out permit, class approval and licence processes. The plan affects local fishers, tourism and shipping operators,...

This second management plan covers 14 marine parks from southern New South Wales around Tasmania to South Australia (including Macquarie Island), totaling 701,927 km². It replaces the 2013–2023 plan with stronger protections, new high‑protection zones, a pelagic Habitat Protection Zone, and broad bans on seabed mining, offshore wind, and carbon storage;...

Mechanically, this Act incorporates the MARPOL Convention into Tasmanian law: it bans discharges of oil, noxious liquids, packaged harmful substances, sewage and garbage into State waters, creates reporting duties, inspection, detention and cost‑recovery powers for the Director and prescribed officers, and sets penalties. It applies to masters, owners,...

What this law does (mechanics first) The Act implements the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) into Victorian law and makes it an offence to discharge oil, noxious liquid substances, sewage, garbage or harmful packaged substances into State waters except where tightly specified conditions permit it (see Purpose, s1;...

This law implements the international MARPOL treaty into Australian law to stop ships polluting the sea. It affects ship owners, masters, charterers and shipping companies operating in Australian waters or on Australian registered vessels worldwide, and foreign ships in Australian waters. It bans dumping of oil, toxic liquids and hazardous packages,...

These Regulations set out, by named lists, which Victorian subordinate instruments (rules, orders, guidelines, notices etc.) are to be treated as legislative instruments, which are not, and which are exempt from specified parts of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994. They work by naming instruments in three Schedules and revoking earlier regulations. The...