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MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - NOTES

- As at 2 March 2025 - Act 5 of 2012

Note to Division 1

See Reg 15.1 of Annex I of MARPOL.

Note to Division 1

See Reg 13.1.3 of Annex II of MARPOL.

Note to Division 2

See Reg 13 of Annex II of MARPOL.

Note to Division 1

See Reg 2.1 of Annex III of MARPOL.

Note to Division 2

See Reg 8.1 of Annex III of MARPOL.

Note to Division 1

See Reg 11 of Annex IV of MARPOL.

Note to Part 7

See section 4 of this Act in relation to the words and expressions used in MARPOL.

Note to Part 7

See also Annex V of MARPOL for the meaning of particular words and expressions used in this Part, including
"garbage".

Note to Division 1

See Reg 3.1 of Annex V of MARPOL.

Note to Division 2

Annex V of MARPOL provides that
"fishing gear" means any physical device or part thereof or combination of items that may be placed on or in the water or on the sea-bed with the intended purpose of capturing, or controlling for subsequent capture or harvesting, marine or fresh water organisms.

Historical notes

Table of amending instruments

Marine Pollution Act 2012 No 5. Assented to 14.3.2012. Date of commencement, 1.9.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (520) LW 22.8.2014. This Act has been amended as follows--

2012 No 90 Marine Safety Amendment (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Act 2012. Assented to 20.11.2012.
Date of commencement, 1.7.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (233) LW 31.5.2013.
2013 No 95 Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
2016 No 55 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2016. Assented to 25.10.2016.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.19, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).
2020 No 30 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020. Assented to 27.10.2020.
Date of commencement of amendments made by Sch 4, 22.1.2021, sec 2(4).
2021 No 8 Marine Pollution Amendment (Review) Act 2021. Assented to 26.3.2021.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.1[1]-[5] [7]-[65] [71]-[92] [94]-[96] and 1.2, assent, sec 2(1); date of commencement of Sch 1.1[6] [66]-[70] and [93], 25.3.2024, sec 2(2) and 2024 (55) LW 8.3.2024.
2025 No 12 Marine Safety Amendment Act 2025. Assented to 2.3.2025.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
This Act has been amended by sec 30C of the Interpretation Act 1987 No 15.

Table of amendments

Sec 2A Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[1].
Sec 3 Am 2020 No 30, Sch 4.40[1]; 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[2]-[7], 1.2[1].
Sec 4 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[2].
Secs 5A, 5B Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[8].
Sec 6 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[9].
Sec 7 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[10] [11], 1.2[3].
Sec 8 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[12].
Sec 9 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[4].
Sec 10 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[5].
Sec 11 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[13].
Sec 12 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[14][15].
Sec 13 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[16], 1.2[6].
Sec 14 Subst 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[17].
Sec 15 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[8].
Sec 16 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[9].
Sec 17 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[10].
Part 3, Div 1, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[7].
Sec 18 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[11] [12].
Sec 19 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[13] [14].
Sec 20 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[15] [16].
Sec 21 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[17].
Sec 22 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[18] [19], 1.2[18].
Sec 23 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[20].
Sec 24 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[19] [20].
Sec 25 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[21] [22].
Sec 26 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[23].
Part 4, Div 1, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[24].
Secs 27, 28 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[21], 1.2[25] .
Part 4, Div 2, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[26].
Sec 29 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[27].
Sec 30 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[28].
Sec 31 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[29].
Sec 32 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[30] [31].
Sec 33 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[32] [33].
Sec 34 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[34] [35].
Secs 35-39 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[22].
Sec 40 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[36] [37].
Sec 41 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[38] [39].
Sec 42 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[40] [41].
Part 5, Div 1, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[42].
Secs 43, 44 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[43].
Part 5, Div 2, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[44].
Secs 45-47 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[45].
Sec 48 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[45] [46].
Sec 49 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[47] [48].
Sec 50 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[49] [50].
Sec 51 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[51] [52].
Sec 52 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[53] [54].
Part 6, Div 1, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[55].
Sec 53 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[23] [24], 1.2[56].
Secs 54, 55 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[56].
Secs 55A, 55B Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[25].
Sec 56 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[57] [58].
Sec 57 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[59] [60].
Sec 58 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[26].
Sec 59 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[27] [28], 1.2[61] [62].
Part 7, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[29].
Part 7, Div 1, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[63].
Part 7, Div 2, note Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[30].
Secs 60-62 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[64].
Sec 63 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[65] [66].
Sec 64 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[31], 1.2[67] [68].
Sec 65 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[32] [33], 1.2[69].
Sec 66 Subst 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[34].
Sec 66A Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[34].
Secs 68-73 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[70].
Sec 74 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[35].
Sec 75 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[71].
Sec 76 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[72].
Sec 77 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[73].
Sec 78 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[74].
Sec 79 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[75].
Sec 80 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[76].
Sec 81 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[77].
Sec 82 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[78].
Sec 83 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[79].
Sec 84 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[80].
Sec 86 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[36] [37].
Sec 87 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[81] [82].
Sec 88 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[83] [84].
Sec 89 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[85] [86].
Sec 90 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[87] [88].
Sec 91 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[87] [89].
Sec 92 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[90] [91].
Sec 93 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[92].
Sec 94 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[93].
Sec 95 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[94] [95].
Sec 96 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[94] [96].
Sec 97 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[97] [98].
Sec 98 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[97] [99].
Sec 100 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[100] [101].
Sec 101 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[100] [102].
Sec 102 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[103] [104].
Sec 103 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[103] [105].
Sec 104 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[106] [107].
Sec 105 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[38], 1.2[108] [109].
Sec 106 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[110] [111].
Part 10, Div 4, heading Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[39].
Sec 107 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[40]-[42], 1.2[112] [113].
Sec 108 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[40] [43], 1.2[114] [115].
Sec 109 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[40], 1.2[114] [116].
Part 10, Div 5, heading Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[44].
Sec 110 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[44]-[46], 1.2[117] [118].
Sec 111 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[44] [47] [48], 1.2[117] [119].
Sec 112 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[44], 1.2[120] [121].
Sec 113 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[49], 1.2[122] [123].
Sec 114 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[50] [51], 1.2[124] [125].
Sec 115 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[126] [127].
Sec 116 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[128].
Sec 117 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[129] [130].
Sec 118 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[131] [132].
Sec 119 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[133] [134].
Sec 120 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[135] [136].
Sec 121 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[52], 1.2[135] [137].
Sec 122 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[138] [139].
Sec 123 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[138] [140].
Sec 124 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[141] [142].
Sec 125 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[53] [54], 1.2[143] [144].
Sec 126 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[145] [146].
Sec 127 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[147] [148].
Sec 128 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[149] [150].
Sec 129 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[151] [152].
Sec 130 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[153] [154].
Sec 131 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[155] [156].
Sec 132 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[55], 1.2[155] [157].
Sec 133 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[158] [159].
Sec 134 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[158] [160].
Sec 135 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[56] [57], 1.2[161] [162].
Sec 136 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[161] [163].
Sec 137 Subst 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[58].
Sec 138 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[59] [60], 1.2[161] [164].
Sec 139 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[165] [166].
Sec 140 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[165] [167].
Sec 141 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[161] [168].
Sec 142 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[169] [170].
Sec 143 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[169] [171].
Sec 144 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[172] [173].
Sec 145 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[61], 1.2[172] [174].
Sec 146 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[169] [175].
Sec 147 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[169] [176].
Sec 148 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[62], 1.2[177] [178].
Sec 149 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[63].
Sec 150 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[64], 1.2[179] [180].
Sec 151 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[65], 1.2[181] [182].
Sec 152 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[66]-[69], 1.2[183] [184].
Part 12, Div 3 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 153 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 154 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 155 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 156 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Part 12, Div 4 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 157 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 158 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 159 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 160 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Part 12, Div 5 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 161 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 162 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 163 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Part 12, Div 6 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 164 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Part 12, Div 7 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 165 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 166 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 167 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 168 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Part 12, Div 8 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 169 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 170 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 171 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 172 Rep 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[70].
Sec 173 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[185].
Secs 174, 175 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[186].
Sec 176 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[187].
Sec 177 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[188].
Sec 178 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[71] [72], 1.2[189].
Sec 179 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[190].
Sec 180 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[73], 1.2[191].
Sec 181 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[192].
Sec 182 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[193].
Sec 183 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[74]-[77], 1.2[194].
Sec 184 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[78], 1.2[195].
Sec 185 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[196].
Sec 186 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[197].
Sec 188 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[198].
Sec 189 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[79].
Sec 190 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[80]-[82].
Sec 191 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[83].
Sec 194 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[84].
Part 16, Div 4A Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[85].
Sec 202A Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[85]. Am 2025 No 12, Sch 2.3.
Sec 202B Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[85].
Sec 202C Ins 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[85].
Sec 203 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[199].
Sec 204 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[200].
Sec 205 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[86].
Sec 207 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[201].
Sec 208 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[202].
Sec 216 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[87] [88], 1.2[203].
Sec 217 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[203].
Sec 218 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[204].
Sec 219 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[205].
Sec 220 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[206].
Sec 221 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[89] [90], 1.2[207].
Sec 222 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[208].
Sec 223 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[209].
Sec 224 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[210].
Sec 225 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[211].
Sec 228 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[91], 1.2[212].
Sec 229 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[213].
Sec 230 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[214].
Sec 231 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[215].
Sec 232 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[216].
Sec 233 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[217].
Sec 234 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[218].
Sec 235 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[219].
Sec 236 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[220].
Sec 237 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[221].
Sec 238 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[222].
Sec 239 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[223].
Sec 240 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[224].
Sec 243 Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[92] [93], 1.2[225].
Sec 244 Subst 2013 No 95, Sch 2.93.
Sec 245 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[226].
Sec 246 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[227].
Sec 247 Am 2016 No 55, Sch 3.19; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.40[2]; 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[94].
Sec 248 Am 2012 No 90, Sch 2.6.
Sec 249 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.2[228].
Sec 250 Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 1 Rep 1987 No 15, sec 30C.
Sch 2 Am 2021 No 8, Sch 1.1[95] [96].


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