Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Bill 1994 (Qld)

Queensland

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE POLLUTION) BILL TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE POLLUTION) BILL 1994

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY Division 1—Introduction 1 Short title 2.0... eee eee 10 2 Commencement... 0.0.0... 6c cece eee eee 10 Division 2—Act's overall purpose 3 Overall purpose 0.6.6... nett ete eee 10 Division 3—Interpretation 4 Definitions—the dictionary ..........0 00... 11 5 Words and expressions used in MARPOL and this Act................ 11 6 Meaning of "MARPOL" .... 1.0.0... cece ect ee eee 12 7 Meaning of "agent"... 6... eee eet eee 13 Division 4— Operation of Act 8 Act binds all persons ... 6.6... cece eee 13 9 Discharge outside coastal waters that enters coastal waters............ 13 PART 2—INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ACT 10 Why this Act was enacted ......... 0.6... cece cece ee 14 11 Queensland's jurisdiction ........ 0.0.00... 14 12 The ships this Act applies to... 6.6... ice eee eee 15 13 Ship construction, survey and certification...............002. sees 15 14 How this Act interacts with other environmental laws................. 15 PART 3—MARINE POLLUTION STRATEGIES Division 1—Development and approval of strategies 15 Development and approval of marine pollution strategies.............. 15 Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) 19 25 27 32

Contents of marine pollution strategies ................00.00..00000. Division 2—Marine pollution prevention and response programs

Development and approval of marine pollution prevention and TespOnse prograMs ...... 6... eee eee eee

Consistency with marine pollution strategies .............0.....000..

Report on operation of marine pollution prevention and response PFOMraMs . eee ete e ee

Division 3—Obligations of marine pollution strategies Division's purpose ... 0.6.0... eee eee ee Obligations about marine pollution .................000....00 00000 Report on giving effect tos 21 ......0....0. 0000... PART 4—PREVENTION OF POLLUTION BY OIL Division 1—Purpose of Part Part gives effect to Annex Ito MARPOL ......................0000. Division 2—Interpretation Definitions for Part... 2.00... eee Words and expressions used in Annex I to MARPOL and this Part ...... Division 3—Discharge of oil prohibited Discharge of oil into coastal waters prohibited...................0... Oil residues... 0... eee eee ee Division 4—Defences Defences to discharge offence .........0..... 00.0 eee ee Division 5—Exemptions Certain discharges permissible ...........0.. 000.000.0000 eee eee eae Division 6—General Shipboard oil pollution emergency plan ..................0.....000.