The Act consists of 6 Parts, i.e. Preliminary (1), Pollution by oil (2), Pollution by noxious substances (3), Pollution relating to transfer operations (4), Ships carrying or using oil or carrying noxious liquid substances(5), Miscellaneous(6), and 6 Schedules. The Act makes provision for the protection of the sea and certain waters from pollution. It is divided into the following Parts: Preliminary (1); Pollution by oil (2); Pollution by noxious substances (3); Pollution relating to transfer operations (4); Ships carrying or using oil or carrying noxious liquid substances (5); Miscellaneous (6). The Act prohibits the discharge into State waters of oil and oily mixtures and other noxious substances listed in Appendix III. Part 4 concerns pollution relating to transfer operations and applies to a discharge of oil or of an oily mixture or of a liquid substance or of a mixture containing a liquid substance into State waters: (a) from a ship or place on land in or in connection with a transfer operation, or (b) from any apparatus or purpose-built pipeline used in or in connection with a transfer operation, whether or not it is being so used (sect. 26). Part 5 concerns ships carrying or using oil or carrying noxious liquid substances; it applies to (a) trading ships proceeding on an intra-state voyage; (b) Australian fishing vessels proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage; and (c) pleasure vessels. The text is completed by six Schedules concerning inter alia the amendments to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973.
澳大利亚 · 1987-12-16