Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

MARITIME POWERS ACT 2013 - SECT 21

Vessels without nationality

  (1)   An authorising officer may authorise the exercise of maritime powers in relation to a vessel if:

  (a)   the vessel is not flying the flag of a State; or

  (b)   the officer suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the vessel:

  (i)   has been flying the flag of more than one State; or

  (ii)   is flying the flag of a State that it is not entitled to fly; or

  (iii)   is not entitled to fly the flag of any State.

Meaning of vessels without nationality authorisation

  (2)   An authorisation under subsection   ( 1) is a vessels without nationality authorisation .

Aircraft that fail to meet identification requirements

  (3)   An authorising officer may authorise the exercise of maritime powers in relation to an aircraft if:

  (a)   a requirement made in the exercise of aircraft identification powers in relation to the aircraft has not been complied with; or

  (b)   the officer suspects , on reasonable ground s , that information given in response to such a requirement is false or misleading in a material particular.

Note 1:   Aircraft identification powers can be exercised without authorisation: see section   28 .

Note 2:   For aircraft identification powers , see subsection   55 (4).