Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE POLLUTION) ACT 1995 - SECT 6

(1) MARPOL is the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973—

(a) as corrected by the procés-verbal of rectification dated 13 June 1978; and

(b) as modified and added to by the 1978 Protocol; and

(c) as affected by any amendment made under article 16 of the Convention and that has entered force for Australia.

Note—

At the commencement of this note, the text of MARPOL is accessible through the Australian Maritime Safety Authority website at .

(2) In this section—

1978 Protocol means the Protocol of 1978 relating to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as affected by any amendment made under article VI of the Protocol that has entered force for Australia.