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NAVIGATION ACT 2012 (NO. 128, 2012) - SECT 222

Geographical application

             (1)  Section 9 does not apply to:

                     (a)  an offence against a regulation made under section 221; or

                     (b)  a civil penalty provision in regulations made for the purposes of section 221.

             (2)  The master or owner of a foreign vessel or a recreational vessel that does not have Australian nationality:

                     (a)  does not commit an offence against a regulation made for the purposes of section 221 that relates to the vessel; and

                     (b)  is not liable for a civil penalty for a contravention of such a regulation that relates to the vessel;

unless at the time of the act or omission constituting the alleged offence or contravention, the vessel concerned is:

                     (c)  in an Australian port; or

                     (d)  entering or leaving an Australian port; or

                     (e)  in the internal waters of Australia; or

                      (f)  in the territorial sea of Australia; or

                     (g)  in the exclusive economic zone of Australia.


 



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