Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 30 of 1981 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 25 February 2010
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 4 of 2010
The text of any of those
amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may
be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of
Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra
Contents
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
3............ Interpretation ...................................................................................... 1
4............ Act to bind Crown .............................................................................. 4
4A......... Application of the Criminal Code ...................................................... 5
5............ Application of Act ............................................................................. 5
6............ Application of laws of the Territory .................................................. 5
7............ Certain persons not guilty of offences against this Act ..................... 6
8............ Harvesting, and research with respect to, marine organisms prohibited 6
9............ Permits ................................................................................................ 7
10.......... Contravening conditions of permits ................................................... 8
11.......... Suspension of permits ........................................................................ 9
12.......... Cancellation of permits ....................................................................... 9
13.......... Inspectors and special inspectors ..................................................... 10
14.......... Identity cards .................................................................................... 10
15.......... Arrest without warrant ..................................................................... 11
16.......... General powers of inspectors ........................................................... 11
17.......... Seizure and forfeiture ........................................................................ 13
18.......... Prosecution of offences against subsection 8(1) ............................... 14
19.......... Evidentiary certificates ..................................................................... 14
20.......... Officers and employees of governments and authorities .................. 15
21.......... Programs etc. relating to Antarctic marine living resources .............. 15
22.......... Delegation ......................................................................................... 16
23.......... Review of decisions .......................................................................... 16
24.......... Regulations ....................................................................................... 16
Schedule--Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources 18
Notes 37
An Act relating to the conservation of marine living resources of the Antarctic and its surrounding seas
WHEREAS a Convention entitled "Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources" (being the Convention a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule) was opened for signature at Canberra on 1 August 1980:
AND WHEREAS Australia is a signatory State to, and the Depositary under, the Convention:
AND WHEREAS it is desirable to make provision for giving effect to the Convention and to conservation measures by which Australia accepts in accordance with Article IX of the Convention to be bound, and to make other provision relating to the conservation of marine living resources of the Antarctic and the seas surrounding the Antarctic:
BE IT THEREFORE ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Notes to
the
Antarctic Marine Living Resources
Conservation Act 1981 Note 1 The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981
as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 30, 1981 amended as
indicated in the Tables below. For all relevant information pertaining to application, saving
or transitional provisions see Table A. Table of Acts
|
Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
|
30, 1981 |
14 Apr 1981 |
Ss. 4-24: 14 May 1982 (see Gazette 1982,
No. G19) |
|
|
|
163, 1991 |
10 Nov 1991 |
Ss. 1 and 2: Royal Assent |
-- |
|
|
Antarctic (Environment Protection) Legislation Amendment Act 1992 |
156, 1992 |
11 Dec 1992 |
Part 3 (ss. 29, 30): Royal Assent (a) |
-- |
|
43, 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
Schedule 5 (items 10-12): Royal Assent (b) |
-- |
|
|
92, 1999 |
16 July 1999 |
Schedule 5 (item 5): 16 July 2000 (c) |
-- |
|
|
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 |
15, 2001 |
22 Mar 2001 |
S. 4 and Schedule 1 (items 12-21): 24 May 2001 (d) |
S. 4 |
|
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Serious and Organised Crime) Act (No. 2) 2010 |
4, 2010 |
19 Feb 2010 |
Schedule 11 (item 3): 20 Feb 2010 |
-- |
(a) The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981 was amended by Part 3 (sections 29 and 30) only of the Antarctic (Environment Protection) Legislation Amendment Act 1992, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Parts 1 and 3 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981 was amended by Schedule 5 (items 10-12) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(c) The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981 was amended by Schedule 5 (item 5) only of the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences when the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 commences.
(d) The Antarctic Marine Living Resources Conservation Act 1981 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 12-21) only of the Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001, subsection 2(1)(c) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the latest of the following days:
(c) the day on which item 15 of Schedule 1 to the Criminal Code Amendment (Theft, Fraud, Bribery and Related Offences) Act 2000 commences.
Table of Amendments
|
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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S. 3...................................... |
am. No. 163, 1991; No. 4, 2010 |
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S. 4A................................... |
ad. No. 15, 2001 |
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S. 7...................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 8...................................... |
am. No. 15, 2001 |
|
Note to s. 8(2)..................... |
ad. No. 15, 2001 |
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S. 9...................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 10.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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|
rs. No. 15, 2001 |
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S. 11.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 12.................................... |
am. No. 163, 1991; No. 43, 1996; No. 92, 1999 |
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Ss. 13, 14............................ |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 15.................................... |
am. No. 156, 1992; No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 16.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996; No. 15, 2001 |
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S. 17.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 18.................................... |
am. No. 15, 2001 |
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S. 19.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
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S. 22.................................... |
am. No. 43, 1996 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Environment and Heritage Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 15, 2001)
(1) Each amendment made by this Act applies to acts and omissions that take place after the amendment commences.
(2) For the purposes of this section, if an act or omission is alleged to have taken place between 2 dates, one before and one on or after the day on which a particular amendment commences, the act or omission is alleged to have taken place before the amendment commences.