Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 10228–12899

weather, saving life at sea or other unavoidable cause) in waters outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Australia. However, the voyage is not an overseas voyage if:
 (a) the voyage commences from a port in Queensland and ends at the same port or another port in Queensland; and
 (b) as an incidental part of its voyage, the ship is present in waters that are outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Australia but within the Protected Zone; and
 (c) the ship is not otherwise present in waters that are outside the outer limits of the exclusive economic zone of Australia.
Polar Code means the International Code for Ships Operating in Polar Waters:
 (a) adopted by:
 (i) the Maritime Safety Committee of the International Maritime Organization on 21 November 2014; and
 (ii) the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization on 15 May 2015; and
 (b) as amended and in force for Australia from time to time.
Note: The Polar Code could in 2016 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (http://www.austlii.edu.au).
prescribed officer: see subsection (2).
Protected Zone means the zone that is:
 (a) established under Article 10 of the Treaty between Australia and the Independent State of Papua New Guinea concerning Sovereignty and Maritime Boundaries in the area between the two Countries, including the area known as Torres Strait, and Related Matters, done at Sydney on 18 December 1978, as amended and in force for Australia from time to time; and
 (b) the area bounded by the line described in Annex 9 to that Treaty.
Note: The text of the Treaty is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1985 No. 4 ([1985] ATS 4). In 2012, the text of a Treaty in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
regulated Australian vessel: a ship is a regulated Australian vessel if it is a regulated Australian vessel for the purposes of the Navigation Act 2012.
sea near:
 (a) for a State—see subsection (1A); or
 (b) for the Jervis Bay Territory—see subsection (1B); or
 (c) for an external Territory—see subsection (1C).
ship with fuel tank protection means either of the following:
 (a) a ship with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of 600 m3 or above which is delivered on or after 1 August 2010 (as defined in regulation 1.28.9 of Annex I to the Convention);
 (b) a category A ship, or category B ship, constructed on or after 1 January 2017 with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of less than 600 m3.
ship without fuel tank protection means a ship other than a ship with fuel tank protection.
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