Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 (Qld)

Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995

An Act to protect Queensland's marine and coastal environment by minimising deliberate and negligent discharges of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters, and for related purposes

Part 1 Preliminary

Division 1 Introduction

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995.

2 [Repealed]

Division 2 Act's overall purpose

3 Overall purpose (1) The overall purpose of this Act is to protect Queensland's marine and coastal environment by minimising deliberate and negligent discharges of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters. (2) This purpose is to be achieved primarily by giving effect to relevant provisions of the following annexes of MARPOL— • Annex I (which deals with pollution by oil) • Annex II (which deals with pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk) • Annex III (which deals with pollution by harmful substances in packaged form) • Annex IV (which deals with pollution by sewage) • Annex V (which deals with pollution by garbage). (3) The purpose is also to be achieved by— (a) providing an approach to protecting Queensland's marine and coastal environment from ship-sourced pollutants complementary to the approach of the Commonwealth and the other States; and (b) making provision about the discharge of sewage from ships; and (c) giving power to deal with shipping casualties that are polluting, or threatening to pollute, coastal waters; and (d) enhancing, through education processes, industry and community awareness of the effects of ship-sourced pollutants on Queensland's marine and coastal environment; and (e) providing for the imposition of severe penalties on persons who pollute Queensland's marine and coastal environment in contravention of this Act.