South Australian Current Acts

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2012 - SECT 11

11—Extraterritorial application

        (1)         It is the intention of the Parliament of the State that this Act should, so far as possible, operate to the full extent of the extraterritorial legislative power of the State.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1), this Act applies in relation to work on a South Australian ship whether or not the ship is within the coastal waters of the State.

        (3)         In this section—

"ship" includes a boat, vessel or craft;

"South Australian ship" means a ship—

            (a)         that is registered in the State; or

            (b)         that is owned or under charter by the Crown; or

            (c)         that is owned or under charter by a body corporate or other person—

                  (i)         whose principal office or place of business is in the State; or

                  (ii)         whose principal office or place of business with respect to the control or management of the ship is in the State.