Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540:section:3:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00540
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 12680–15260

ship, or category B ship, constructed on or after 1 January 2017 with an aggregate oil fuel capacity of less than 600 m3.
ship without fuel tank protection means a ship other than a ship with fuel tank protection.
State includes the Northern Territory.
territorial sea means the territorial sea of Australia.
the Convention means the 1973 Convention as modified and added to by the 1978 Protocol.
the 1973 Convention means the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as corrected by the Procès‑Verbal of Rectification dated 13 June 1978, and as affected by any amendments (other than an amendment that has not entered force for Australia) made under Article 16 of the Convention.
the 1978 Protocol means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, being the Protocol as affected by any amendments (other than an amendment that has not entered force for Australia) made under Article VI of the Protocol.
the regulations, except in sections 33 and 34 or to the extent that the regulations provide otherwise, includes Marine Orders.
this Act includes the regulations and Marine Orders.
Tonnage Measurement Convention means the Tonnage Convention within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012.
 (1A) For the purposes of this Act, the sea near a State is:
 (a) the part or parts of the territorial sea that are:
 (i) within 3 nautical miles of the baseline of the territorial sea; and
 (ii) adjacent to the State; and
 (b) the waters of the sea that are on the landward side of that part or those parts of the territorial sea (including any waters of the sea that are within the limits of the State).
 (1B) For the purposes of this Act, the sea near the Jervis Bay Territory is the sea in that Territory.
 (1C) For the purposes of this Act, the sea near an external Territory is:
 (a) the part or parts of the territorial sea that are:
 (i) within 3 nautical miles of the baseline of the territorial sea; and
 (ii) adjacent to the Territory; and
 (b) the waters of the sea that are on the landward side of that part or those parts of the territorial sea (including waters of the sea that are within the limits of the Territory).
 (1D) For the purposes of this Act, the outer territorial sea is the territorial sea other than the part or parts of the territorial sea that are:
 (a) within 3 nautical miles of the baseline of the territorial sea; and
 (b) adjacent to a State or an external Territory.
 (1E) For the purposes of this Act, the laws of the Jervis Bay Territory are taken