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Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability for Bunker Oil Pollution Damage) Act 2008
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C2024C00684 (C07)
14 October 2024
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Definitions
4 Crown to be bound
5 Extension to external Territories
6 Extraterritorial application
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Part 2—Liability under Bunker Oil Convention
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Division 1—Application of Part
7 Application of Part
8 Overlap with Civil Liability Convention
9 Government ships
10 Relationship with corresponding State or Territory laws
Division 2—Liability for pollution damage
11 Liability for pollution damage
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Part 3—Insurance certificates relating to liability for pollution damage
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Division 1—Introduction
12 Application of Part
13 Unregistered ships
14 Concurrent State or Territory laws
15 Appropriate insurance certificate
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Division 2—Ships must carry insurance certificates
16 Ships must carry insurance certificate when entering or leaving ports in Australia etc.
17 Ships registered in Australia must carry insurance certificate when in operation
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Division 3—Insurance certificates
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Subdivision A—Issue of certificates
18 Issue of certificates for ships other than government ships
19 Issue of certificates for government ships
Subdivision B—Production of certificates
20 Enforcement officer may require insurance certificate to be produced
Subdivision C—Detention of ships
21 Enforcement officer may detain ships
Subdivision D—Certificates ceasing to be in force
22 Authority may cancel certificate
23 When certificate automatically ceases to be in force
Subdivision E—Review of decisions
24 Review of decisions
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Part 4—Other matters
24A Responder immunity
25 No time limit for prosecution
26 Submission to jurisdiction
27 Regulations to give effect to Article 10 of the Bunker Oil Convention
28 Treatment of partnerships
29 Treatment of unincorporated associations
30 Regulations
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history
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