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applies to a foreign ship, as if it were an Australian ship, when it is in:
(a) a port in Australia; or
(b) the territorial sea of Australia; or
(c) the sea on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia.
Note   Section 13 (False entries in oil record book) of the Pollution Prevention Act also applies to foreign ships because that section applies to ships to which section 12 applies.

34 Oil record book
       (1) For subsections 12(2) and (3) of the Pollution Prevention Act:
(a) a ship mentioned in paragraph 12(1)(a) of that Act must carry an oil record book in the form set out in Parts I and II of Appendix III to Annex I; and
(b) a ship mentioned in paragraph 12(1)(b) of that Act must carry an oil record book in the form set out in Part I of Appendix III to Annex I.
Note   AMSA publishes Oil Record Book Part I (Machinery space operations) and Oil Record Book Part II (Cargo/Ballast operations — oil tankers) available for online purchase — see AMSA's form landing page available at www.amsa.gov.au.
       (2) A time that must be stated in an oil record book must, unless expressed in ship's time and the conversion to Coordinated Universal Time cannot be readily made, be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time.

35 Prescribed operation or occurrence
       (1) For subsection 12(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act:
(a) each machinery space operation mentioned in the form set out in Part I of Appendix III to Annex I is a prescribed operation; and
(b) each cargo or ballast operation mentioned in the form set out in Part II of Appendix III to Annex I is a prescribed operation for an oil tanker.
       (2) For subsection 12(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act, each of the following is a prescribed occurrence:
(a) discharging into the sea oil or an oily mixture from a ship to secure the safety of the ship or to save life at sea;
(b) discharging into the sea oil or an oily mixture because of damage to the ship or its equipment;
(c) discharging into the sea substances containing oil to deal with a specific pollution incident;
(d) failure of oil discharge monitoring control system;
(e) failure of the oil filtering equipment;
(f) accidental or other exceptional discharge of oil not mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).
Division 7 Vessels not permitted to enter port

36 Double hull and double bottom oil tankers
        The master of an oil tanker must not take a vessel into a port in Australia after:
(a) for an oil tanker mentioned in regulation 20.5 of Annex I and for regulation 20.8.2.1 of Annex I — the anniversary