Part 19AProtection of marine environment from ballast water
246AMeaning of ballast water, convention, and ship
Ballast water means water with its suspended matter taken on board a ship to control the ship's trim, list, draught, stability, or stresses.
Convention means the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments, 2004, in—
- this section; and
- sections 271(2)(ca), 272(1)(aa), and 388(n).
Ship—
- 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):
- 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).