Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 61 of 1963 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 28 March 2012
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 46 of 2011
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............ Saving of other laws ........................................................................... 1
4............ Extension of Act to Territories ............................................................ 1
5............ Act applies only to cables and pipelines beneath the high seas ............ 1
5A......... Application of the Criminal Code ....................................................... 2
6............ Act binds Crown ................................................................................. 2
7............ Persons not to break or injure submarine cables or pipelines .............. 2
8............ Liability for breaking or injuring a cable or pipeline ............................ 3
9............ Indemnity for loss of anchor etc .......................................................... 3
10.......... Punishment of offences ....................................................................... 3
11.......... Jurisdiction of courts ........................................................................... 4
Notes 5
An Act relating to the Protection of Submarine Cables and Pipelines beneath the High Seas
Notes to
the
Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection
Act 1963 Note 1 The
Submarine Cables and Pipelines
Protection Act 1963 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 61,
1963
amended as indicated in the Tables below. All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or
transitional provisions prior to 1 October 2001 is not included in this
compilation. For subsequent
information see Table A. Table of Acts
|
Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
|
61, 1963 |
28 Oct 1963 |
28 Oct 1963 |
|
|
|
Statute Law Revision (Decimal Currency) Act 1966 |
93, 1966 |
29 Oct 1966 |
1 Dec 1966 |
-- |
|
Statute Law Revision Act 1973 |
216, 1973 |
19 Dec 1973 |
31 Dec 1973 |
S. 9(1) |
|
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 |
143, 2001 |
1 Oct 2001 |
2 Oct 2001 |
S. 4 [see Table A] |
|
International Maritime Conventions Legislation Amendment Act 2001 |
149, 2001 |
1 Oct 2001 |
Schedule 4: Royal Assent (a) |
-- |
|
104, 2005 |
23 Aug 2005 |
Schedule 1 (item 1): 20 Sept 2005 |
-- |
|
|
73, 2008 |
3 July 2008 |
Schedule 4 (items 478, 479): 4 July 2008 |
-- |
|
|
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 |
46, 2011 |
27 June 2011 |
Schedule 2 (item 1073) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011 |
Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A] |
(a) The Submarine Cables and Pipelines Protection Act 1963 was amended by Schedule 4 only of the International Maritime Conventions Legislation Amendment Act 2001, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
Table of Amendments
|
ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
|
|
Provision affected |
How affected |
|
Preamble............................ |
rep. No. 149, 2001 |
|
Ss. 3, 4................................ |
am. No. 216, 1973 |
|
S. 5...................................... |
am. No. 149, 2001; No. 104, 2005; No. 46, 2011 |
|
S. 5A................................... |
ad. No. 143, 2001 |
|
S. 6...................................... |
am. No. 216, 1973 |
|
S. 7...................................... |
am. No. 93, 1966; No. 216, 1973; No. 143, 2001 |
|
Ss. 8, 9................................ |
am. No. 73, 2008 |
|
S. 10.................................... |
am. No. 93, 1966 |
|
S. 11.................................... |
am. No. 216, 1973 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Transport and Regional Services Legislation Amendment (Application of Criminal Code) Act 2001 (No. 143, 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.
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)
Schedule 3
10 Saving--appointments
The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.
11 Transitional regulations
The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.