Off-shore Installations (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1982 (Cth)
PART I—PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title
2. Commencement
PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS ACT 1901
3. Principal Act
4. Interpretation
5. Insertion of new section—
5a. Attachment of overseas installations
6. Comptroller-General
7. Collectors of Customs
8. Persons not to move goods subject to the control of the Customs
9. Insertion of new section—
33a. Installations subject to the control of the Customs
10. Ships and aircraft deemed to be imported
11. Entry at places other than ports or airports
12. Boarding stations
13. Repeal of section 61 and insertion of new section—
61. Facility for boarding
14. Report of cargo
15. Insertion of new section—
64a. Ships or aircraft arriving at certain places
16. Certificate of clearance
17. Repeal of section 187 and insertion of new section—
187. Power to board and search
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
18. Boarding
19. Searching
20. Seals, &c., not to be broken
21. Power to question passengers, &c.
22. Forfeited ships and aircraft
23. Insertion of new section—
228a. Forfeited installations
24. Insertion of new section—
277a. Jurisdiction of courts
25. Transitional provisions
PART III—AMENDMENTS OF THE CUSTOMS AMENDMENT ACT 1981
26. Principal Act
27. Ships and aircraft to obey signals
28. Amendments of section 24
PART IV—AMENDMENTS OF THE EXCISE ACT 1901
29. Principal Act
30. Comptroller-General
31. Insertion of new section—
87a. Powers of officers in relation to installations
32. Insertion of new section—
159a. Jurisdiction of courts
PART V—AMENDMENTS OF THE IMMIGRATION (UNAUTHORIZED ARRIVALS) ACT 1980
33. Principal Act
34. Interpretation
35. Insertion of new section—
3b. Certain installations to be part of Australia
36. Aircraft or ships to which Act applies
37. Vessels bringing certain persons to Australia
38. Permits to disembark from certain vessels
39. Powers of officers
40. Minister may require vessels to be repaired
41. Vessels may be required to depart
PART VI—AMENDMENTS OF THE MIGRATION ACT 1958
42. Principal Act
43. Interpretation
44. Insertion of new section—
5b. Certain installations to be part of Australia
45. Carriage of persons to Australia without documentation
46. Persons entering Australia in certain circumstances to be prohibited immigrants
47. Duty of master, &c., of vessel or installation which brought deportee to Australia to provide passage
48. Insertion of new section—
23a. Production of identity documents by person in charge of installation
49. Custody of prohibited immigrant during stay of vessel in Australia
50. Custody of prohibited immigrant during stay of aircraft in Australia
51. Powers of entry and search
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
PART VII—AMENDMENTS OF THE QUARANTINE ACT 1908
Section
52. Principal Act
53. Scope of quarantine
54. Interpretation
55. Delegation of authority
56. Emergency quarantine grounds
57. Exemption of certain vessels and goods
58. Insertion of new sections—
16aa. Certain installations to be part of Australia
16ab. Certain goods deemed to be imported into Australia
59. Vessel or installation subject to quarantine
60. Persons and goods subject to quarantine
61. Continuance of liability to quarantine
62. Vessels to enter certain ports
63. Landing places for aircraft
64. Insertion of new section—
20aa. Permission to enter place other than first port of entry
65. Aircraft landing at places other than landing places
66. Quarantine signals on vessels and installations
67. Notification of outbreak of disease
68. Unauthorized person not to board or approach vessel or installation
69. Insertion of new section—
25a. Boarding of installations
70. Repeal of section 27 and insertion of new section—
27. Health reports
71. Master and medical officer to answer questions
72. No person to be allowed to quit vessel or installation subject to quarantine
73. Persons prohibited from quitting vessels, installations and quarantine areas
74. Apprehension of persons liable to quarantine
75. Pratique
76. Insertion of new section—
33a. Grant of pratique to installations
77. Order to perform quarantine
78. Vessel or installation having communicable disease on board
79. Master, when so ordered, to convey vessel or installation into quarantine
80. When vessel or installation deemed to be in quarantine
81. Particulars to be given
82. Performance of quarantine by vessel or installation
83. Vessel or installation in quarantine not to be moved except in accordance with Act
84. Cleansing and disinfecting vessels and installations
85. Goods not to be removed
86. Removal from vessels or installations of goods in quarantine
87. Landed cargo in quarantine
88. Performance of quarantine by persons
89. Release from quarantine
90. Performance of quarantine by goods
91. Animals or plants to be landed at declared port
92. Quarantine control of imported animals
93. Insertion of new section—
52a. Examination of animals or plants on installations
94. Power to order goods into quarantine
95. Insertion of new section—
58a. Interpretation
96. Liability of owner or agent for expenses of quarantine
97. Liability of owner, &c., for expenses of passages
98. Insertion of new section—
70aa. Inspection of installations
99. Power to search baggage
100. Boarding vessel or installation
101. Medical inspections and examinations
TABLE
OF PROVISIONS—
Section
102. Quarantine officer may make inquiries at any time
103. Power to affix notices
104. Quarantine information to be given to travellers to Australia
105. Entry to premises for purposes of examinations
106. Quarantine Warrants, &c.
107. Powers relating to vehicles
108. Cleansing and disinfection of insanitary vessels or installations
109. Master or medical officer misleading quarantine officer
110. Maliciously ordering vessels, &c., into quarantine
111. Insertion of new section—
86b. Jurisdiction of courts
112. Regulations
PART VIII—AMENDMENTS OF THE SALES TAX ASSESSMENT ACT (No. 1) 1930
113. Principal Act
114. Interpretation
PART IX—AMENDMENT OF THE SALES TAX ASSESSMENT ACT (No. 5) 1930
115. Principal Act
116. Interpretation
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BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
(a) by inserting after the definition of “Answer questions” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Australian installation’ means an installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of section 6aa of the
Customs Tariff Act 1966;“‘Australian seabed’ means so much of the seabed adjacent to Australia as is—
(a) within the area comprising—
(i) the areas described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967; and(ii) the Coral Sea area; and
(b) part of—
(i) the continental shelf of Australia;
(ii) the seabed beneath the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); or
(iii) the seabed beneath waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia and are not within the limits of a State or Territory;
“‘Australian waters’ means waters above the Australian seabed;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “Comptroller” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, being the convention a copy of which in the English language is set out in Schedule 1 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;“‘Coral Sea area’ has the same meaning as in the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;”;(c) by inserting “, but does not include an Australian installation” after “other place” in the definition of “Country” in sub-section (1);
(d) by inserting after the definition of “Goods under drawback” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Installation’ means—
(a) an off-shore industry fixed structure; or
(b) an off-shore industry mobile unit;”;
(e) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “Master” and substituting the following definition:
“‘Master’ means—
(a) in relation to a ship (not being an installation)—the person in charge or command of the ship; and
(b) in relation to an installation—the person in charge of the installation,
but does not include a pilot or Government officer;”;
(f) by inserting after the definition of “Narcotic substance” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Natural resources’ means the mineral and other non-living resources of the seabed and its subsoil;”;
(g) by inserting after the definition of “Officer” or “Officer of Customs” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Overseas installation’ means an installation that—
(a) is in Australian waters; and
(b) has been brought into Australian waters from a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters,
but does not include an Australian installation;”;
(h) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “Ship” and substituting the following definition:
“‘Ship’ means any vessel used in navigation, other than air navigation, and includes—
(a) an off-shore industry mobile unit; and
(b) a barge, lighter or any other floating vessel;”; and
(j) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(5) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that—
(a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(b) is used or is to be used off-shore in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
“(6) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to—
(a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or
(b) a structure (not being a vessel) that—
(i) is able to float or be floated;
(ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(iii) is used or is to be used off-shore wholly or principally in—
(a) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (a).
“(7) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (6) (a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (6) (b) shall not be taken not to be an off-shore industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
“(8) The reference in sub-paragraph (6) (a) (ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (6) (a) (i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(a) transporting persons or goods to or from an installation; or
(b) manoeuvring an installation, or in operations relating to the attachment of an installation to the Australian seabed.
“(9) An installation shall be taken to be attached to the Australian seabed if—
(a) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, a part of the Australian seabed; and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at that part of the Australian seabed, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources; or
(b) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, another installation that is taken to be attached to the Australian seabed by virtue of the operation of paragraph (a); and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at the place where it is brought into physical contact with the other installation, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.”.
“5a. (1) A person shall not, without the permission of the Comptroller given under sub-section (2), cause an overseas installation to be attached to the Australian seabed.
Penalty: $50,000.
“(2) The Comptroller may, by notice in writing given to a person who has applied for permission to cause an overseas installation to be attached to the Australian seabed, give the person permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice, to cause that installation to be so attached.
“(3) A person who has been given permission under sub-section (2) shall not refuse or fail to comply with any condition (including a condition imposed or varied under sub-section (4)), to which that permission is subject.
Penalty: $10,000.
“(4) Where the Comptroller has, under sub-section (2), given a person permission to cause an overseas installation to be attached to the Australian seabed, the Comptroller may, at any time before that installation is so attached, by notice in writing served on the person—
(a) revoke the permission;
(b) revoke or vary a condition to which the permission is subject; or
(c) impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.
“(5) Without limiting the generality of sub-section (2), conditions to which a permission given under that sub-section may be subject include—
(a) conditions relating to matters of quarantine; and
(b) conditions requiring the master of an installation to bring the installation to a place specified by the Comptroller for examination for quarantine purposes before the installation is attached to the Australian seabed.”.
“(2) A reference in sub-section (1) to a State shall be read as including a reference to—
(a) in the case of a State other than the State of Queensland—that part of Australian waters that is within the area described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967 that refers to that State; and(b) in the case of the State of Queensland—that part of Australian waters that is within—
(i) the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the State of Queensland; or
(ii) the Coral Sea area.
“(3) A reference in sub-section (1) to the Northern Territory shall be read as including a reference to that part of Australian waters that is within—
(a) the area described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967 that refers to the Northern Territory; or(b) the area described in that Schedule to that Act that refers to the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier Islands.”.
“(5) A reference in this section to goods shall be read as not including a reference to installations.”.
“33a. (1) Except with permission in force under sub-section (2), a person shall not use an Australian installation that is subject to the control of the Customs in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting the Australian seabed.
Penalty: $50,000.
“(2) A Collector may give permission in writing to a person specified in the permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the permission, to engage in specified activities in relation to the use of an Australian installation that is subject to the control of the Customs.
“(3) A person who has been given permission under sub-section (2) shall not refuse or fail to comply with any condition (including a condition imposed or varied under sub-section (4)) to which that permission is subject.
Penalty: $10,000.
“(4) Where a Collector has, under sub-section (2), given a person permission to engage in any activities in relation to an Australian installation, the Collector may, while that installation remains subject to the control of the Customs, by notice in writing served on the person—
(a) suspend or revoke the permission;
(b) revoke or vary a condition to which the permission is subject; or
(c) impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.”.
“(9) A reference in this section to a ship shall be read as not including a reference to an overseas installation.”.
(a) by inserting “, without the permission of a Collector given under sub-section (2),” after “shall not”;
(b) by omitting “$1,000” and substituting “$50,000”; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(2) A Collector may, by notice in writing given to the master of a ship or the pilot of an aircraft who has applied for permission to bring his ship or aircraft to a place other than a port or airport, give the person permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice, to bring the ship or aircraft to, or to remain at, that place.
“(3) A person who has been given permission under sub-section (2) shall not refuse or fail to comply with any condition (including a condition imposed or varied under sub-section (4)) to which that permission is subject.
Penalty: $10,000.
“(4) Where a Collector has, under sub-section (2), given a person permission to bring a ship or aircraft to a place other than a port or airport, the Collector may, at any time before that ship or aircraft is brought to that place, by notice in writing served on the person—
(a) revoke the permission;
(b) revoke or vary a condition to which the permission is subject; or
(c) impose new conditions to which the permission is to be subject.’.
“(5) Conditions to which a permission under sub-section (2) may be subject include conditions relating to matters occurring while the ship or aircraft is at the place to which the permission relates.
“(6) A reference in this section to a ship or aircraft entering, or being brought to, a place other than a port or airport shall be read as
including a reference to the ship or aircraft being brought to a ship that is at an Australian installation.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “and shall permit his ship to be boarded” after “that port”; and
(b) by inserting in sub-section (3) “and shall permit the aircraft to be boarded” after “that airport”.
“61. The master of any ship or the pilot of any aircraft permitting his ship or aircraft to be boarded, or the master of an installation, shall, by all reasonable means, facilitate the boarding of the ship, aircraft or installation by a person who is authorized under this Act to board that ship, aircraft or installation.
Penalty: $5,000.”.
“64a. (1) The master of a relevant ship or the pilot of a relevant aircraft shall, if required to do so by a Collector, make a report within such time as is specified by the Collector and in such form as is specified by the Collector, of the ship or aircraft and of the cargo of the ship or aircraft.
Penalty: $2,000.
“(2) The master of a relevant ship or the pilot of a relevant aircraft shall, if required to do so by a Collector, answer questions relating to the ship or aircraft, to its cargo, crew, passengers or stores or to its voyage or flight.
Penalty: $1,000.
“(3) The master of a relevant ship or the pilot of a relevant aircraft shall, if required to do so by a Collector, produce documents relating to the matters referred to in sub-section (2).
Penalty: $1,000.
“(4) In this section—
‘relevant aircraft’ means an aircraft that arrives from parts beyond the seas at a place other than an airport in pursuance of permission granted under section 58;
‘relevant ship’ means a ship that arrives from parts beyond the seas at a place other than a port in pursuance of permission granted under section 58.”.
“187. An officer may—
(a) board any ship or aircraft;
(b) board any Australian installation—
(i) that is subject to the control of the Customs;
(ii) at which there is a ship or aircraft that has come to the installation from parts beyond the seas; or
(iii) on which an officer has reasonable grounds to believe there are goods that are subject to the control of the Customs;
(c) board an installation (other than an Australian installation) in respect of which permission under section 5a has been granted;
(d) search any ship or aircraft or an installation of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) or (c); or
(e) secure any goods on any ship or aircraft or on an installation of the kind referred to in paragraph (b) or (c).”.
“(2) Any ship the master of which has refused to permit his ship to be boarded following a request properly made of him under sub-section 59 (1) or (2).”.
“228a. Any overseas installation that becomes attached to the Australian seabed without the permission of the Comptroller given under sub-section 5a (2) shall be forfeited to the Crown.”.
“277a.
(1) A provision of the
“(2) Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of the Territories, within the limits of their several jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters arising under this Act.
“(3) The trial of an offence against a provision of this Act not committed within a State may be held by a court of competent jurisdiction at any place where the court may sit.”.
(2) Regulations made under
sub-section 112(1) of the Principal Act before the commencement of this
sub-section and in force at the commencement of this sub-section shall, so long
as they continue in force, apply in relation to the doing of any act after the
commencement of this sub-section that would, by virtue of the operation of
section 6ad or 6ae of the
(a) by inserting “or within 500 metres of an Australian installation” after “coast of Australia” in paragraphs (1) (b) and (2) (b) of the new section 59 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901;(b) by omitting “to bring his ship to for boarding” from sub-sections (1) and (2) of the new section 59 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901 and substituting “to permit his ship to be boarded”; and(c) by omitting paragraph (4) (b) of the new section 59 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901 and substituting the following paragraph:“(b) any aircraft flying over—
(i) Australia;
(ii) the waters within 12 nautical miles of the coast of Australia; or
(iii) the waters within 500 metres of an Australian installation,”.
(a) by omitting “to bring the ship to for boarding” from sub-section (1) of the new section 184 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901 and substituting “to permit the ship to be boarded”;(b) by omitting sub-section (1) of the new section 185 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901 and substituting the following sub-section:“(1) This section applies in relation to, and only in relation to, a ship the master of which has been requested to permit the ship to be boarded pursuant to sub-section 59 (1) or (2) or an aircraft that has been landed for boarding following a request under sub-section 59 (4)”; and
(c) by omitting sub-section (5) of the new section 185 that is proposed to be inserted in the
Customs Act 1901 and substituting the following sub-section:“‘(5) In this section, “officer” includes any person who is in command, or a member of the crew, of the ship or aircraft from which the relevant request under section 59 was made or of any ship or
aircraft that was used under section 184 to chase the ship or aircraft in relation to which this section applies.”.
“87a. (1) An officer has, and may exercise, the same powers in relation to an Australian installation at which excisable goods are manufactured or produced as he would have if the Australian installation were a factory.
“(2) In sub-section (1), ‘Australian
installation’ has the same meaning as in the
“159a.
(1) A provision of the
“(2) Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of the Territories within the limits of their several jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters arising under this Act.
“(3) The trial of an offence against a provision of this Act not committed within a State may be held by a court of competent jurisdiction at any place where the court may sit.”.
(a) by inserting after the definition of “appointed airport” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Australian installation’ means an installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of section 3b (other than an installation that is in Australian waters);
“‘Australian seabed’ means so much of the seabed adjacent to Australia as is—
(a) within the area comprising—
(i) the areas described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967; and(ii) the Coral Sea area; and
(b) part of—
(i) the continental shelf of Australia;
(ii) the seabed beneath the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); or
(iii) the seabed beneath waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia and are not within the limits of a State or Territory;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “authorized officer” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘continental shelf has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, being the convention a copy of which in the English language is set out in Schedule 1 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;“‘Coral Sea area’ has the same meaning as in the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;”;“‘installation’ means—
(a) an off-shore industry fixed structure; or
(b) an off-shore industry mobile unit;”;
(c) by inserting after the definition of “master” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘natural resources’ means the mineral and other non-living resources of the seabed and its subsoil;”;
(d) by inserting in sub-sections (4) and (5) “or is brought to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”;
(e) by inserting in sub-section (5a) “or is brought to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters” (first occurring);
(f) by inserting in sub-section (5a) “or has previously been brought to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters” (last occurring);
(g) by omitting from sub-section (5a) “that first-mentioned entry occurs” and substituting “the ship so enters Australian waters or is so brought to an Australian installation”; and
(h) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(8) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that—
(a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(b) is used or is to be used off-shore in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
“(9) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to—
(a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or
(b) a structure (not being a vessel) that—
(i) is able to float or be floated;
(ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(iii) is used or is to be used off-shore wholly or principally in—
(a) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (a).
“(10) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (9) (a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (9) (b) shall not be taken not to be an off-shore industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
“(11) The reference in sub-paragraph (9) (a) (ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities
associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (9) (a) (i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(a) transporting persons or goods to or from an installation; or
(b) manoeuvring an installation, or in operations relating to the attachment of an installation to the Australian seabed.
“(12) An installation shall be taken to be attached to the Australian seabed if—
(a) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, a part of the Australian seabed; and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at that part of the Australian seabed, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources; or
(b) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, another installation that is taken to be attached to the Australian seabed by virtue of the operation of paragraph (a); and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at the place where it is brought into physical contact with the other installation, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.”.
“3b. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an installation that—
(a) becomes attached to the Australian seabed after the commencement of this sub-section; or
(b) at the commencement of this sub-section, is attached to the Australian seabed,
shall, subject to sub-section (2), be deemed to be part of Australia and shall be deemed not to be a place outside Australia.
“(2) An installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of this section shall, for the purposes of this Act, cease to be part of Australia if—
(a) the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of the continental shelf of Australia (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits); or
(b) after having been detached from the Australian seabed otherwise than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of the continental shelf of Australia (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits).”.
(a) by inserting in paragraph (2) (a) “or is brought to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (2) “or upon being brought to that installation, as the case may be,” after “Australian waters” (last occurring); and
(c) by omitting sub-sections (3c) and (4) and substituting the following sub-sections:
“(3c) For the purposes of sub-section (3b), neither the Territory of Christmas Island nor any Australian installation shall be taken to be part of Australia.
“(4) A ship that becomes a ship to which this Act applies by virtue of sub-section (2) continues to be such a ship until—
(a) in a case to which paragraph (b) does not apply—the ship departs from Australian waters; and
(b) in the case of a ship that becomes a ship to which this Act applies by reason of its being brought to an Australian installation—the ship departs from that installation.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (4) “or is travelling through waters within 500 metres of an Australian installation” after “Australian waters” (wherever occurring);
(b) by inserting in sub-section (5) “or was brought to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”;
(c) by inserting in paragraph (8) (b) “or was brought to an Australian installation, as the case requires,” after “Australian waters” (first occurring); and
(d) by inserting in paragraph (8) (b) “or brought to the Australian installation” after “Australian waters” (last occurring).
(a) by inserting in sub-section (2) “or to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (3) “or when it was brought to an Australian installation, as the case requires” after “Australian waters” (wherever occurring); and
(c) by inserting in paragraph (4) (c) “or at an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”.
(a) by inserting in sub-paragraph (2) (a) (i) “or to an Australian installation” after “Australian waters”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (2) “or to leave the Australian installation, as the case may be,” after “Australian waters” (last occurring); and
(c) by inserting in sub-section (3) “or the Australian installation” after “Australian waters” (wherever occurring).
(a) by inserting before the definition of “authorized officer” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Australian installation’ means an installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of section 5b;
“‘Australian seabed’ means so much of the seabed adjacent to Australia as is—
(a) within the area comprising—
(i) the areas described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967; and(ii) the Coral Sea area; and
(b) part of—
(i) the continental shelf of Australia;
(ii) the seabed beneath the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); or
(iii) the seabed beneath waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia and are not within the limits of a State or Territory;
“‘Australian waters’ means waters above the Australian seabed;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “authorized officer” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘continental shelf’ has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, being the convention a copy of which in the English language is set out in Schedule 1 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;“‘Coral Sea area’ has the same meaning as in the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;”;(c) by inserting before the definition of “master” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘installation’ means—
(a) an off-shore industry fixed structure; or
(b) an off-shore industry mobile unit;”;
(d) by inserting “or installation” after “vessel” (wherever occurring) in the definition of “master” in sub-section (1);
(e) by inserting after the definition of “member of the crew” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘natural resources’ means the mineral and other non-living resources of the seabed and its subsoil;”;
(f) by omitting “or a proclaimed airport” from the definition of “port” in sub-section (1) and substituting “, a proclaimed airport or an Australian installation”.
(g) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
“(2a) For the purposes of this Act, where an installation that has been brought into Australian waters from a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters becomes attached to the Australian seabed—
(a) the installation shall be deemed to have entered Australia at the time when it becomes so attached; and
(b) any person on board the installation at the time when it becomes so attached shall be deemed to have travelled to Australia on board that installation, to have entered Australia at that time and to have been brought into Australia at that time.”; and
(h) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(7) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that—
(a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(b) is used or is to be used off-shore in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
“(8) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to—
(a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or
(b) a structure (not being a vessel) that—
(i) is able to float or be floated;
(ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(iii) is used or is to be used off-shore wholly or principally in—
(a) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (a).
“(9) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (8) (a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (8) (b) shall not be taken not to be an off-shore industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
“(10) The reference in sub-paragraph (8) (a) (ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (8) (a) (i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(a) transporting persons or goods to or from an installation; or
(b) manoeuvring an installation, or in operations relating to the attachment of an installation to the Australian seabed.
“(11) An installation shall be taken to be attached to the Australian seabed if—
(a) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, a part of the Australian seabed; and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at that part of the Australian seabed, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources; or
(b) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, another installation that is taken to be attached to the Australian seabed by virtue of the operation of paragraph (a); and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at the place where it is brought into physical contact with the other installation, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.”.
“5b. (1) For the purposes of this Act, an installation that—
(a) becomes attached to the Australian seabed after the commencement of this sub-section; or
(b) at the commencement of this sub-section, is attached to the Australian seabed,
shall, subject to sub-section (2), be deemed to be part of Australia and shall be deemed not to be a place outside Australia.
“(2) An installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of this section shall, for the purposes of this Act, cease to be part of Australia if—
(a) the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits); or
(b) after having been detached from the Australian seabed otherwise than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of
Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits).”.
“(7) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “(not being a person referred to in sub-section (3a))” after “a person”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (3) “(not being a person referred to in sub-section (3a))” after “a person”;
(c) by inserting after sub-section (3) the following sub-section:
“(3a) Where the Minister has ordered the deportation of a person, being a person who is deemed to have entered Australia by virtue of the operation of sub-section (2a) of section 5, by virtue of, or by reference to, sub-section (1) of section 6, section 13 or paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of sub-section (1) of section 16, an authorized officer may, by notice in writing, require the master, owner, agent or charterer of the installation on which the deportee arrived in Australia to provide, without charge to the Commonwealth, a passage for the deportee to a place outside Australia.”; and
(d) by omitting from sub-section (8) all the words from and including “The master,” to and including “for a deportee, if’’ and substituting the following:
“The master, owner, agent or charterer of a vessel shall not be required, under sub-section (1) or (3), to remove a deportee from Australia or to provide a passage for a deportee, and the master, owner, agent or charterer of an installation shall not be required, under sub-section (3a), to provide a passage for a deportee if”.
“23a. The person in charge of an installation that has been brought into Australian waters from a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters for the purpose of being attached to the Australian seabed—
(a) shall, upon the arrival of the installation at the place at which it is to be so attached, have in his possession an identity document in respect of each person on board the installation;
(b) shall, upon the arrival of the installation at the place at which it is to be so attached, if so required by an officer, produce to the officer the identity documents referred to in paragraph (a);
(c) shall, before the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters, if so required by an officer, produce an identity document in respect of each person who is on board the installation at the time when it is to be so detached; and
(d) shall not, where a requirement has been made of him under paragraph (c), cause the installation to depart from the place at which it was attached to the Australian seabed unless the requirement has been complied with.
Penalty: $500.”.
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “taken ashore by an officer and”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (1) “at such place as the authorized officer directs” after “authorized officer directs” (first occurring);
(c) by omitting from sub-section (1a) “taken ashore by an officer and”; and
(d) by inserting in sub-section (1a) “at such place as the authorized officer directs” after “authorized officer directs” (first occurring).
“(9) A reference in this section to a proclaimed airport shall be read as including a reference to an Australian installation.”.
“(2a) A reference in sub-section (1) or (2) to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an Australian installation.”.
(a) by inserting before the definition of “Australian vessel” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Australian installation’ means an installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of section 16aa;
‘Australian seabed’ means so much of the seabed adjacent to Australia as is—
(a) within the area comprising—
(i) the areas described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967; and(ii) the Coral Sea area; and
(b) part of—
(i) the continental shelf of Australia;
(ii) the seabed beneath the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); or
(iii) the seabed beneath waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia and are not within the limits of a State or Territory;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “Australian vessel” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Australian waters’ means waters above the Australian seabed;”;
(c) by inserting after the definition of “Cocos Islands vessel” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Continental Shelf has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, being the convention a copy of which in the English language is set out in Schedule 1 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;“‘Coral Sea area’ has the same meaning as in the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;”;(d) by inserting after the definition of “Imported” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Installation’ means—
(a) an off-shore industry fixed structure; or
(b) an off-shore industry mobile unit;”;
(e) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “Master” and substituting the following definition:
“‘Master’ means—
(a) in relation to a vessel—the person (other than a ship’s pilot) in charge or command of the vessel; and
(b) in relation to an installation—the person (other than a ship’s pilot) in charge or command of the installation;”;
(f) by inserting after the definition of “Medical Officer” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Natural resources’ means the mineral and other non-living resources of the seabed and its subsoil;”;
(g) by inserting after the definition of “Officer” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Overseas installation’ means an installation that—
(a) is in Australian waters; and
(b) has been brought into Australian waters from a place (including a place at sea) outside the outer limits of Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed,
but does not include an Australian installation;”;
(h) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of “Pratique” and substituting the following definition:
“‘Pratique’ means—
(a) in relation to a vessel—pratique granted by a quarantine officer since the last arrival of the vessel from—
(i) in the case of a vessel in, or about to arrive in, Australia—places outside Australia; or
(ii) in the case of a vessel in, or about to arrive in, the Cocos Islands—places outside the Cocos Islands,
and having effect at the port where the vessel is for the time being or is about to arrive; and
(b) in relation to an overseas installation—pratique granted by a quarantine officer since the last arrival of the installation from a place (including a place at sea) outside the outer limits of Australian waters and having effect in the place (including a place at sea) where the installation is for the time being or is about to be taken;”;
(j) by inserting “, and includes an off-shore industry mobile unit (being an overseas installation) that is bound for, or is at, a port” after “air” in the definition of “Vessel” in sub-section (1);
(k) by inserting in sub-section (2) “or installation” after “vessel” (wherever occurring); and
(m) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(3) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that—
(a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(b) is used or is to be used off-shore in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
“(4) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to—
(a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or
(b) a structure (not being a vessel) that—
(i) is able to float or be floated;
(ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(iii) is used or is to be used off-shore wholly or principally in—
(a) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (a).
“(5) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (4) (a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (4) (b) shall not be taken not to be an off-shore industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
“(6) The reference in sub-paragraph (4) (a) (ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (4) (a) (i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(a) transporting persons or goods to or from an installation; or
(b) manoeuvring an installation, or in operations relating to the attachment of an installation to the Australian seabed.
“(7) An installation shall be taken to be attached to the Australian seabed if—
(a) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, a part of the Australian seabed; and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at that part of the Australian seabed, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources; or
(b) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, another installation that is taken to be attached to the Australian seabed by virtue of the operation of paragraph (a); and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at the place where it is brought into physical contact with the other installation, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.”.
“(ia) between Australian ports and Australian installations;”.
“16aa. (1) For the purposes of this Act, where—
(a) an overseas installation has been attached to the Australian seabed; and
(b) pratique has been granted to the installation or the installation has been released from quarantine,
the installation shall, subject to sub-section (3), be deemed to be part of Australia.
“(2) For the purposes of this Act, an installation that—
(a) not being an overseas installation, becomes attached to the Australian seabed after the commencement of this sub-section; or
(b) is attached to the Australian seabed at the commencement of this sub-section,
shall, subject to sub-section (3), be deemed to be part of Australia.
“(3) An installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of this section shall, for the purposes for this Act, cease to be part of Australia if—
(a) the installation is detached from the Australian seabed, or from another installation that is attached to the Australian seabed, for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits); or
(b) after having been detached from the Australian seabed otherwise than for the purpose referred to in paragraph (a), the installation is moved for the purpose of being taken to a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters (whether or not the installation is to be taken to a place in Australia before being taken outside those outer limits).
“16ab. (1) For the purposes of this Act, where an overseas installation becomes attached to the Australian seabed, any goods, animals or plants that are on board the installation at the time when it becomes so attached, not being goods, animals or plants that have been brought to the installation from a place in Australia, shall be deemed to be imported into Australia at that time.
“(2) For the purposes of this Act, where goods, animals or plants are taken from a place other than a place in Australia on to an Australian installation, the goods, animals or plants shall be deemed to have been imported into Australia at the time when they are taken on to the installation.”.
“(2) The following installations shall be subject to quarantine:
(a) any overseas installation;
(b) any Australian installation and any installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed, being an installation on board which any quarantinable disease or disease which there is reason to believe or suspect to be a quarantinable disease has broken out or been discovered; and
(c) any installation which is ordered into quarantine by a quarantine officer.”.
(a) by inserting after paragraph (1) (aa) the following paragraph:
“(ab) Every person who is on board an installation subject to quarantine;”;
(b) by inserting after paragraph (2) (aa) the following paragraph:
“(ab) All goods which are on board an installation subject to quarantine;”;
(c) by omitting from paragraph (2) (b) “and”; and
(d) by adding at the end of sub-section (2) the following word and paragraph:
“; and (d) All animals which are on board an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of being attached to the Australian seabed, being animals which arrived at the installation otherwise than on board a vessel.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “, installations” after “vessels”;
(b) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
“(2a) Where pratique is granted to an installation, the installation ceases to be subject to quarantine at the place at which the pratique has effect, but—
(a) if the pratique has effect only for a particular period, the installation ceases to be subject to quarantine for that period only; and
(b) the obligation to comply with measures of quarantine (if any) to which the pratique does not relate is not affected by the installation ceasing to be subject to quarantine.”; and
(c) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(4) Where pratique is granted to an installation, persons on the installation cease to be subject to quarantine.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “or in accordance with the permission of the Minister given under section 20aa” after “reasonable cause”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-section (1) “port” (first occurring) and substituting “place in Australia or in the Cocos Islands, as the case may be,”.
“20aa. The Minister may, upon application being made in writing by the master, owner or agent of an oversea vessel, by notice in writing given to the person who made the application, give permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice, for the vessel to be brought to a place in Australia or in the Cocos Islands specified in the notice, being a place other than a first port of entry, a first Cocos Islands port of entry or a landing place.”.
“(2) Sub-section (1) does not apply in relation to a vessel that lands at a place other than a landing place in accordance with the permission of the Minister given under section 20aa.”.
(a) by inserting in paragraph (a) “or within 500 metres of an Australian installation” after “port”;
(b) by inserting in paragraph (b) “or being at an Australian installation” after “quarantine station”;
(c) by inserting in paragraph (c) “or on arrival at an Australian installation” after “Cocos Islands”; and
(d) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2) The master of an installation subject to quarantine shall—
(a) display the quarantine signal on the installation; and
(b) keep the quarantine signal displayed on the installation until pratique is granted or until the installation is released from quarantine.
Penalty: $2,000.”.
“(1a) A reference in sub-section (1) to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed.”.
“(2) No unauthorized person shall go on board, or, except as the master or a member of the crew of a tug that is carrying out operations as a tug, alongside of, any installation subject to quarantine or while the quarantine signal is displayed on the installation.
Penalty: $2,000.”.
“25a. The master of an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed shall, upon being so required by a quarantine officer, permit the quarantine officer to go on board the installation and shall, by all reasonable means, facilitate the boarding of the installation by the quarantine officer.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.”.
“27. The master of—
(a) an oversea vessel arriving at any port in Australia or the Cocos Islands;
(b) an overseas installation; and
(c) an oversea vessel arriving at an Australian installation,
shall, on being required to do so by a quarantine officer, cause to be delivered to the quarantine officer a health report in accordance with the prescribed form signed by him and, if the vessel or installation carries a medical officer, signed also by the medical officer.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “or arriving at an Australian installation” after “Cocos Islands”; and
(b) by inserting after sub-section (1) the following sub-section:
“(1a) The master of an overseas installation and, if the installation carries a medical officer, the medical officer, shall truly answer to the best of their knowledge all questions put to them or either of them by a quarantine officer, being questions of a kind referred to in sub-section (1).
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.”.
“(3) A reference in this section to a vessel subject to quarantine shall be read as including a reference to an installation subject to quarantine.”.
“(2) A reference in sub-section (1) to a vessel subject to quarantine shall be read as including a reference to an installation subject to quarantine.”.
“(4) A reference in this section to a vessel subject to quarantine shall be read as including a reference to an installation subject to quarantine.”.
(a) by omitting from paragraph (4) (f) “or”; and
(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (4) the following word and paragraph:
“; or (h) all Australian installations, or Australian installations specified by the quarantine officer granting the pratique.”.
“33a. (1) Where a quarantine officer is satisfied that an overseas installation is free from infection, the quarantine officer shall grant the installation pratique having effect in a place at which the installation is attached or is to be attached and in such other places (including ports) as he considers appropriate.
“(2) Pratique shall be granted to an overseas installation by giving the master of the installation a certificate of pratique in the prescribed form or by giving the master particulars of the pratique by radio message or otherwise, but, where pratique is granted to an installation otherwise than by the giving of a certificate of pratique, the quarantine officer shall give the master of the
installation a certificate of pratique in the prescribed form as soon as practicable after the installation is attached to the Australian seabed.
“(3) Pratique granted under this section may be pratique having effect for a period specified by the quarantine officer granting it.
“(4) Pratique granted under this section may relate to all measures of quarantine or to measures of quarantine specified by the officer granting the pratique.”.
(a) by inserting in sub-section (1) “, Australian installation, installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed” after “vessel”;
(b) by inserting in sub-section (1a) “or overseas installation” after “oversea vessel”;
(c) by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:
“(2a) After an overseas installation has arrived in Australian waters from a proclaimed place, the quarantine officer shall (except as prescribed) order the installation into quarantine.”;
(d) by inserting in paragraph (3) (a) “or installation” after “vessel” (wherever occurring); and
(e) by inserting in sub-section (4) “or installation” after “vessel” (wherever occurring).
“(6) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed.”.
“(3) When an installation is ordered into quarantine, the master of the installation shall, if required to do so by the quarantine officer, forthwith cause the installation and all persons and goods on board the installation to be conveyed to such place or places as the quarantine officer directs for the purpose of performing quarantine.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years.
“(4) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as not including a reference to an installation.”.
“(1a) When an installation has been ordered into quarantine the master shall, on request by the quarantine officer, produce and deliver to the officer such documents in his possession or control as the officer requests.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for one year.”.
(a) by inserting “or installation” after “vessel” (wherever occurring); and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2) A quarantine officer may permit the master of an installation that is in quarantine to take the installation to the place at which the installation is to be attached to the Australian seabed.”.
“(5) Except with the permission of a quarantine officer, where a person lands from a prescribed vessel any goods that are subject to quarantine and form part of the cargo of the vessel, he shall not land them at a place other than—
(a) a part of the precincts of a wharf or airport that is a part approved for the purposes of this sub-section by a Chief Quarantine Officer; or
(b) an Australian installation.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 5 years.”.
(a) by omitting “No person shall” and substituting “A person shall not, except in accordance with the permission of the Minister given under sub-section (2),”; and
(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(2) The Minister may, upon application being made in writing by the master, owner or agent of an oversea vessel, by notice in writing given to the person who made the application, give permission, subject to such conditions (if any) as are specified in the notice, for the master to land imported animals or plants at an Australian installation.”.
“52a. (1) A quarantine officer prescribed for the purpose, or a person authorized by such an officer to do so, may examine any animal or plant that is subject to quarantine and is on board an installation.
“(2) Subject to the regulations, where a quarantine officer is of the opinion that there is no reason to suspect that an animal of the kind referred to in sub-section (1) is suffering from any disease or is a source of infection of a disease, the quarantine officer may release the animal from quarantine.
“(3) Subject to the regulations, where a quarantine officer is of the opinion that a plant of the kind referred to in sub-section (1) is free of any risk of bringing disease into Australia, he may release the plant from quarantine.
“(4) Where a quarantine officer, after having examined an animal or plant of the kind referred to in sub-section (1), does not release the animal or plant, as the case may be, from quarantine, the officer shall order the animal or plant, as the case may be, into quarantine.
“(5) In this section, ‘animal’ has the same meaning as in section 52.”.
(a) by inserting in paragraph (2) (b) “or an overseas installation” after “oversea vessel”; and
(b) by inserting in paragraph (2) (b) “, an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed” after “vessel” (last occurring).
“58a. In this Part, a reference to a vessel shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as including a reference to an installation.”.
(a) by inserting in paragraph (1) (c) “or places” after “ports”; and
(b) by inserting after paragraph (2) (a) the following paragraph:
“(aa) between Australian ports and Australian installations;”.
70aa. (1) This section applies in relation to—
(a) any Australian installation or any overseas installation; and
(b) any installation (other than an Australian installation or an overseas installation) on which a quarantine officer has reasonable grounds to believe there are any persons who are, or any animals, plants or goods that are, subject to quarantine.
“(2) A quarantine officer may board an installation to which this section applies and—
(a) enter and inspect any part of the installation;
(b) inspect any animals, plants or goods on board the installation; and
(c) inspect any log, manifest, journal and any other papers related to the installation or to any persons, animals, plants or goods on board the installation.
“(3) The master of an installation to which this section applies shall, if so required by a quarantine officer, produce to the officer for inspection the papers referred to in paragraph (2) (c).
Penalty: $2,000.
“(4) A person authorized in writing by the Director of Quarantine to act under this sub-section may board an installation to which this section applies and may enter and inspect any part of the installation and any animals, plants or goods on board the installation.”.
“(5) A reference in this section to a vessel or a ship shall be read as including a reference to an overseas installation.”.
“(3) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70aa applies.”.
“(7) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70aa applies.”.
“(4) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70aa applies.”.
“(3) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an installation to which section 70aa applies.”.
(a) by inserting after paragraph (5) (a) the following paragraph:
“(aa) an Australian installation;”; and
(b) by inserting “52a,” after “52,” in the definition of “prescribed provision of this Act’’ in sub-section (5).
(a) by omitting “and” from paragraph (a) of the definition of “premises” in sub-section (9); and
(b) by inserting after paragraph (b) of the definition of “premises” in sub-section (9) the following word and paragraph:
“; and (c) an Australian installation,”.
(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) “including” and substituting “including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing,”; and
(b) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section:
“(3) In this section—
‘infected goods’ has the same meaning as in section 74a;
‘vehicle’ includes any vessel.”.
“(4) A quarantine officer may, subject to the regulations, order any Australian installation or any installation which is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed which is, in his opinion, in an insanitary condition favourable to the spread of communicable disease, to be cleansed, fumigated, disinfected or treated to his satisfaction, and the master of the installation shall cause the installation to be cleansed, fumigated, disinfected or treated accordingly.
Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 2 years.”.
“86b.
(1) A provision of the
“(2) Subject to the Constitution, jurisdiction is conferred on the several courts of the Territories within the limits of their several jurisdictions, other than limits as to locality, with respect to matters arising under this Act.”.
(a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (j) (iii) “and”;
(b) by inserting after sub-paragraph (1) (j) (iv) the following word and sub-paragraph:
“; and (v) on voyages between Australian ports and Australian installations,”;
(c) by omitting from sub-paragraph (1) (l) (i) “and”;
(d) by adding at the end of paragraph (l) the following word and sub-paragraph:
“and (iii) Australian installations;”; and
(e) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-section:
“(4) A reference in this section to a vessel shall be read as including a reference to an Australian installation or an installation that is in Australian waters for the purpose of becoming attached to the Australian seabed.”.
(a) by inserting after the definition of “Agent” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Australian installation’ means an installation that is deemed to be part of Australia by virtue of the operation of section 2a of the
Sales Tax Act (No. 1) 1930;“‘Australian seabed’ means so much of the seabed adjacent to Australia as is—
(a) within the area comprising—
(i) the areas described in Schedule 2 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967; and(ii) the Coral Sea area; and
(b) part of—
(i) the continental shelf of Australia;
(ii) the seabed beneath the territorial sea of Australia (including the territorial sea adjacent to any island forming part of Australia); or
(iii) the seabed beneath waters of the sea that are on the landward side of the territorial sea of Australia and are not within the limits of a State or Territory;
“‘Australian waters’ means waters above the Australian seabed;”;
(b) by inserting after the definition of “Company” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Continental Shelf has the same meaning as in the Convention on the Continental Shelf, being the convention a copy of which in the English language is set out in Schedule 1 to the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;“‘Coral Sea area’ has the same meaning as in the
Petroleum (Submerged Lands )Act 1967;”;(c) by inserting after the definition of “Goods” in sub-section (1) the following definition:
“‘Installation’ means—
(a) an off-shore industry fixed structure; or
(b) an off-shore industry mobile unit;”;
(d) by inserting after the definition of “Manufacturer” in sub-section (1) the following definitions:
“‘Natural resources’ means the mineral and other non-living resources of the seabed and its subsoil;
“‘Overseas installation’ means an installation that—
(a) is in Australian waters; and
(b) has been brought into Australian waters from a place outside the outer limits of Australian waters,
but does not include an Australian installation;”; and
(e) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:
“(9) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry fixed structure shall be read as a reference to a structure (including a pipeline) that—
(a) is not able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(b) is used or is to be used off-shore in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.
“(10) A reference in this Act to an off-shore industry mobile unit shall be read as a reference to—
(a) a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(i) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the vessel or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(ii) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (i); or
(b) a structure (not being a vessel) that—
(i) is able to float or be floated;
(ii) is able to move or be moved as an entity from one place to another; and
(iii) is used or is to be used off-shore wholly or principally in—
(a) exploring or exploiting natural resources by drilling the seabed or its subsoil with equipment on or forming part of the structure or by obtaining substantial quantities of material from the seabed or its subsoil with equipment of that kind; or
(b) operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-sub-paragraph (a).
“(11) A vessel of a kind referred to in paragraph (10) (a) or a structure of a kind referred to in paragraph (10) (b) shall not be taken not to be an off-shore industry mobile unit by reason only that the vessel or structure is also used or to be used in, or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting resources other than natural resources.
“(12) The reference in sub-paragraph (10) (a) (ii) to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, activities of the kind referred to in sub-paragraph (10) (a) (i) shall be read as not including a reference to a vessel that is used or is to be used wholly or principally in—
(a) transporting persons or goods to or from an installation; or
(b) manoeuvring an installation, or in operations relating to the attachment of an installation to the Australian seabed.
“(13) An installation shall be taken to be attached to the Australian seabed if—
(a) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, a part of the Australian seabed; and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at that part of the Australian seabed, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources; or
(b) the installation—
(i) is in physical contact with, or is brought into physical contact with, another installation that is taken to be attached to the Australian seabed by virtue of the operation of paragraph (a); and
(ii) is used or is to be used, at the place where it is brought into physical contact with the other installation, wholly or principally in or in any operations or activities associated with, or incidental to, exploring or exploiting natural resources.”.
“‘the Collector of Customs’, in relation to goods imported into Australia, means the Collector of Customs for the State or Territory in which, or the principal officer of Customs at the place where, the goods are imported;”.
1. No. 6, 1901, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 21, 1906; Nos. 9 and 36, 1910; No. 19, 1914; No. 10, 1916; No. 41, 1920; No. 19, 1922; No. 12, 1923; No. 22, 1925; No. 6, 1930; Nos. 7 and 45, 1934; No. 7, 1935; No. 85, 1936; No. 54, 1947; No. 45, 1949; Nos. 56 and 80, 1950; No. 56, 1951; No. 108, 1952; No. 47, 1953; No. 66, 1954; No. 37, 1957; No. 54, 1959; Nos. 42 and 111, 1960; No. 48, 1963; Nos. 29, 82 and 133, 1965; No. 28, 1966; No. 54, 1967; Nos. 14 and 104, 1968; Nos. 12 and 134, 1971; No. 162, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); Nos. 28 and 120, 1974; Nos. 56, 77 and 107, 1975; Nos. 41, 91 and 174, 1976; No. 154, 1977; Nos. 36 and 183, 1978; Nos. 19, 92, 116, 155, 177 and 180, 1979; Nos. 13, 15, 110 and 171, 1980; and Nos. 45, 61, 64, 67, 152 and 157, 1981.
2. No. 64, 1981.
3. No. 9, 1901, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 26, 1918; No. 8, 1923; No. 44, 1934; No. 16, 1942; No. 88, 1947; No. 46, 1949; No. 55, 1952; No. 10, 1957; No. 49, 1958; No. 37, 1962; No. 49, 1963; No. 139, 1965; No. 93, 1966; Nos. 15 and 105, 1968; No. 23, 1972; Nos. 24 and 145, 1973; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 29, 1974; No. 91, 1976; No. 110, 1978; Nos. 11, 50 and 165, 1979; Nos. 42 and 70, 1980; and Nos. 61 and 65, 1981.
4. No. 112, 1980, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 176, 1980.
5. No. 62, 1958, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 87, 1964; No. 10, 1966; Nos. 16 and 216, 1973; No. 91, 1976; Nos. 117 and 118, 1979; Nos. 89 and 175, 1980; and No. 61, 1981.
6. No. 3, 1908, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 15, 1912; No. 42, 1915; No. 47, 1920; No. 30, 1924; Nos. 19 and 92, 1947; No. 80, 1950; No. 61, 1961; No. 12, 1966; No. 1, 1969; No. 216, 1973; Nos. 1, 105 and 155, 1979; No. 70, 1980; and No. 54, 1981.
7. No. 25, 1930, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 62, 1930; No. 25, 1931; Nos. 39 and 64, 1932; Nos. 17 and 47, 1933; Nos. 16 and 29, 1934; Nos. 8, 45 and 61, 1935; No. 78, 1936; Nos. 30 and 64, 1940; No. 54, 1942; No. 1, 1953; No. 40, 1962; No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 197, 1978; No. 19, 1979; and No. 134, 1980.
8. No. 33, 1930, as amended. For previous amendments, see No. 67, 1930; No. 33, 1931; Nos. 43 and 64, 1932; Nos. 17, 25 and 51, 1933; Nos. 16 and 62, 1934; Nos. 45 and 61, 1935; No. 78, 1936; No. 26, 1939; No. 71, 1953; No. 45, 1963; No. 93, 1966; No. 109, 1968; No. 216, 1973 (as amended by No. 20, 1974); No. 91, 1976; and No. 201, 1978.
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