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BIOSECURITY ACT 2015 - SECT 290

Issue or endorsement etc. of ballast water management certificate on behalf of the Commonwealth

  (1)   The determination under section   308A may prescribe a scheme for the Director of Biosecurity or a survey authority to take, on behalf of the Commonwealth, any of the following actions in relation to a vessel:

  (a)   survey the vessel to determine whether a ballast water management certificate should be issued or endorsed for the vessel;

  (b)   issue a ballast water management certificate for the vessel;

  (c)   endorse a ballast water management certificate for the vessel;

  (d)   withdraw a ballast water management certificate for the vessel;

  (e)   extend the period during which a ballast water management certificate for the vessel is in force;

  (f)   amend the expiry date on a ballast water management certificate for the vessel.

Note:   A decision to refuse to issue, endorse or amend a ballast water management certificate for a vessel, a decision to refuse to extend the period during which such a certificate is in force or a decision to withdraw such a certificate is a reviewable decision (see Part   1 of Chapter   11).

  (2)   An action referred to in subsection   (1) may be taken in relation to a foreign vessel only on request by the vessel's Administration.

Certificate is not a legislative instrument

  (3)   A ballast water management certificate issued or endorsed under this section is not a legislative instrument.


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