Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828:section:614:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00828
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 614 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 1713873–1716409

614  Definitions
  In this Part:
area to be avoided means so much of the area to which Schedule 2 applies as comprises waters of the sea that:
 (a) are not within the coastal waters of Victoria or within any area on the landward side of those coastal waters; and
 (b) are not within a safety zone.
Note: The area to which Schedule 2 applies is an area off the coast of Victoria.
authorised person has the meaning given by section 615.
exempt vessel, in relation to a safety zone, means a vessel:
 (a) in the case of a petroleum safety zone—that is excluded from the operation of section 616 in relation to that safety zone because:
 (i) the vessel is specified in the notice establishing the safety zone; or
 (ii) the vessel is included in a class of vessels specified in the notice establishing the safety zone; or
 (b) in the case of a petroleum safety zone—for which a written consent of NOPSEMA under subsection 616(1) is in force in relation to the safety zone; or
 (c) in the case of a greenhouse gas safety zone—that is excluded from the operation of section 617 in relation to that safety zone because:
 (i) the vessel is specified in the notice establishing the safety zone; or
 (ii) the vessel is included in a class of vessels specified in the notice establishing the safety zone; or
 (d) in the case of a greenhouse gas safety zone—for which a written consent of NOPSEMA under subsection 617(1) is in force in relation to the safety zone.
foreign‑flag vessel means a vessel that:
 (a) under the law of a foreign country, is entitled to fly the flag of that country; and
 (b) is flying that flag.
government body means:
 (a) the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or
 (b) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, other than:
 (i) the Western Australian Coastal Shipping Commission; or
 (ii) the Transport Commission established under the Transport Act 1981 of Tasmania; or
 (iii) a body corporate that is declared by regulations made under the Shipping Registration Act 1981 not to be a Government authority for the purposes of that Act.
Government vessel means:
 (a) a vessel that is beneficially owned by a government body; or
 (b) a vessel the whole possession and control of which is for the time being vested in a government body.
greenhouse gas safety zone means an area that is a safety zone for the purposes of section 617.
greenhouse gas well means a hole in the seabed or subsoil made by drilling, boring or any other means in connection