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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Protection of marine environment from ballast water

246A: Meaning of ballast water, convention, and ship

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"What 'ballast water', 'convention', and 'ship' mean in the Maritime Transport Act"

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You need to know what some words mean in the Maritime Transport Act 1994. Ballast water is water taken on board a ship to control its stability. The Convention refers to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, which is mentioned in several sections of the Act, including sections 271(2)(ca), 272(1)(aa), and 388(n). A ship is a vessel that comes under the Convention, and this is explained further in sections 197A, 246B to 246D, and other parts of the Act.

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Part 19AProtection of marine environment from ballast water

246AMeaning of ballast water, convention, and ship

  1. Ballast water means water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control the ship's trim, list, draught, stability, or stresses.

  2. Convention means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, in—

  3. this section; and
    1. sections 271(2)(ca), 272(1)(aa), and 388(n).

      1. Ship—

      2. means a ship within the meaning of the convention, in sections 197A, 246B to 246D, 271(2)(ca), 388(n), 396(3)(aa), 397(2)(ca), and 397(3):
        1. includes a ship within the meaning of the convention, in sections 396(1)(c) and (3)(c) and 397(1) and (2)(d) to (g).

          Notes
          • Section 246A: inserted, on , by section 86(5) of the Biosecurity Law Reform Act 2012 (2012 No 73).