Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00034:clause:1_269
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2017A00034
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 269
Character Range: 10093–11344

269  Simplified outline of this Part

      Division 2 provides an offence of discharging ballast water. For an Australian vessel, the offence applies whether the vessel is in or outside Australian seas. For a foreign vessel, the offence applies only if the vessel is in Australian seas.
      The rest of this Part sets out exceptions to the offence that may apply if:
             (a) the ballast water was managed for discharge by an approved method of ballast water management, or by ballast water exchange (Division 3); or
             (b) the discharge was part of an acceptable ballast water exchange (Division 4); or
             (c) the discharge was an approved discharge of ballast water to a ballast water reception facility (Division 5); or
             (d) the discharge was covered by an exemption (Division 6, which also provides for the Director of Biosecurity to prescribe and grant exemptions); or
             (e) the ballast water was discharged at or near the place where it was taken up into the vessel (Division 7); or
             (f) the ballast water was discharged for reasons of safety, by accident or in order to avoid or minimise pollution (Division 8, which also sets out reporting requirements for such discharges).