Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00440:section:6:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00440
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 17802–20402

the vessel.
notice in response, in relation to an application, has the meaning given by section 31.
offshore industry vessel means a vessel that is used wholly or primarily in, or in any operations or activities associated with or incidental to, exploring or exploiting the mineral and other non‑living resources of the seabed and its subsoil.
owner of a vessel means one or more of the following:
 (a) a person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the vessel, other than as a mortgagee;
 (b) a person with overall general control and management of the vessel;
 (c) a person who has assumed responsibility for the vessel from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
For the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c), a person is not taken to have overall general control and management of a vessel, or to have assumed responsibility for a vessel, merely because he or she is the master or pilot of the vessel.
passenger means a person who is carried on board a vessel with the knowledge or consent of the owner, charterer or master of the vessel, if consideration (whether monetary or otherwise) is required to be, or has been, paid for the person to be so carried.
permanent visa has the same meaning as in the Migration Act 1958.
port includes a harbour.
recreational vessel means a vessel (other than a Commonwealth vessel or an inland waterways vessel) that is used wholly for recreational or sporting activities (whether or not let, or intended to be let, for hire or reward or consideration of any kind).
salvage operation means any act or activity undertaken to assist a vessel or any other property not permanently and intentionally attached to the shoreline (including freight at risk) in danger in any waters.
salvage vessel means a vessel that is used wholly or primarily for salvage operations.
sea includes any waters within the ebb and flow of the tide.
seafarer means any person who is employed or engaged or works in any capacity on board a vessel on the business of the vessel, other than the following:
 (a) a pilot;
 (b) an owner of the vessel or a person representing the owner;
 (c) law enforcement personnel;
 (d) special personnel (within the meaning of section 283 of the Navigation Act 1912);
 (e) a person temporarily employed on the vessel in port;
 (f) a person prescribed by the regulations.
temporary licence means a licence granted under Division 2 of Part 4 and includes such a licence as varied under that Division.
temporary visa has the same meaning as in the Migration Act 1958.
vessel means any kind of vessel used in navigation by water, however propelled or