Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800:section:5:p18
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00800
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 18/21)
Character Range: 83052–85587

time and to have been brought into Australia at that time.
 (8) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare an area adjacent to the Protected Zone and to the south of the line described in Annex 5 to the Torres Strait Treaty to be an area in the vicinity of the Protected Zone for the purposes of this Act.
 (10) A reference in this Act to a resources industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that:
 (a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
 (b) is used or is to be used off‑shore in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
 (11) A reference in this Act to a resources industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to:
 (a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in:
 (i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
 (ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in subparagraph (i); or
 (b) a structure (not being a vessel) that:
 (i) is able to float or be floated;
 (ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
 (iii) is used or is to be used off‑shore wholly or principally in:
 (A) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
 (B) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub‑subparagraph (A).
 (12) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (11)(a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (11)(b) shall not be taken not to be a resources industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
 (13) The reference in subparagraph (11)(a)(ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in subparagraph (11)(a)(i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is