Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered ActsOverview of this Act
(1) This Act is about maritime safety, seafarers and the prevention of pollution of the marine environment. It provides for matters relating to the following:
(a) seafarers (Chapter 2);
(b) the safety of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels (Chapter 3);
(c) prevention of pollution (Chapter 4);
(d) tonnage (Chapter 5);
(e) the safety of navigation (Chapter 6);
(f) wrecks and salvage (Chapter 7);
(g) complying with, and enforcing, this Act (Chapter 8);
(h) other general matters that relate to the above (Chapter 9).
Overview of the rest of this Chapter
(2) The rest of this Chapter deals with:
(a) the application of this Act, including how it interacts with certain State and Territory laws and its geographical application (Part 3); and
(b) definitions that are used in this Act (Part 4); and
(c) provisions that enable a vessel that would not otherwise be a regulated Australian vessel to opt in to coverage (Part 5).