Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   1.      Short title.  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Act to bind Crown  
   5.      Saving of other laws  
   6.      Operation of Act  
   7.      Delegation  
   8.      Interpretation  
   9.      Prohibition of discharge of oil or oily mixtures into sea  
   10.     Oil residues  
   11.     Duty to report discharge of certain substances from Australian ships  
   12.     Oil record book  
   13.     False entries in oil record book  
   14.     Oil record book to be retained  
   15.     Interpretation  
   16.     Application of Act to mixture of oil and liquid substance  
   17.     Categories of noxious liquid substances  
   18.     Appendix III substances  
   19.     Provisional assessment of substances  
   20.     Notification of proposal to carry certain substances  
   21.     Prohibition of discharge of substances into sea  
   22.     Duty to report discharge of certain substances from Australian ships  
   23.     Cargo record book  
   24.     False entries in cargo record book  
   25.     Cargo record book to be retained  
   26.     Cleaning of tanks of ships  
   27.     Powers of inspectors  
   28.     Prosecution of offences against Act  
   29.     No time limit for prosecution  
   30.     Evidence  
   31.     Evidence of analyst  
   32.     Application of certain provisions to foreign ships  
   33.     Regulations  
   34.     Orders  
   35.     Repeal  
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