Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/4)
Character Range: 7822–10465

3  Interpretation
 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
Annex VI approved equivalent: see section 26FEKA.
Antarctic Area means the sea area south of 60º south latitude.
Antarctic Protocol means the Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
approved form means a form approved by the Authority under section 3A.
areas of ice concentration exceeding 1/10 has the same meaning as in the Polar Code.
Australia includes the external Territories.
Australian ship means:
 (a) a ship registered in Australia; or
 (b) an unregistered ship having Australian nationality.
Authority means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.
category A ship has the same meaning as in the Polar Code.
category B ship has the same meaning as in the Polar Code.
engage in conduct has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code.
exclusive economic zone means the exclusive economic zone, within the meaning of the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973, adjacent to the coast of Australia or the coast of an external Territory.
fast ice has the same meaning as in the Polar Code.
foreign ship means a ship that is not an Australian ship.
heavy grade oil means:
 (a) crude oil having a density at 15°C higher than 900 kg/m3; or
 (b) oil, other than crude oil, having a density at 15°C higher than 900 kg/m3 or a kinematic viscosity at 50°C higher than 180 mm2/s; or
 (c) bitumen, tar and their emulsions.
ice‑shelf has the same meaning as in the Polar Code.
inspector means a person who:
 (a) is an inspector within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012; or
 (aa) is a member or a special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
 (b) is appointed by the Authority, in writing, to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act.
Law of the Sea Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982.
Marine Order has the meaning given by section 34.
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law has the meaning given by section 17 of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012.
master, in relation to a ship, means the person having command or charge of the ship.
outer territorial sea: see subsection (1D).
overseas voyage: a ship's voyage is an overseas voyage if in the course of the voyage the ship is present (except because of stress of 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