- Date
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22 Sep 2011
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Act
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Portfolio
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Infrastructure and Transport
- Summary
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Amends the:
Navigation Act 1912
to create offences for: negligently operating a vessel in Australia’s waters in a manner that causes pollution or damage to the marine environment; and failure to report an incident by a ship in a mandatory reporting area; Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
to increase and extend penalties for reckless or negligent discharge of oil or oil residues by ships; and proposed Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Amendment (Oils in the Antarctic Area) Act 2011
to repeal certain items.