Timor Sea Maritime Boundaries Treaty Consequential Amendments Act 2019 (57 of 2019)

Schedule 1   Provisions commencing when new treaty comes into force

Part 11   Amendment of the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

68   Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

Australian platform means a platform in Australian waters that is:

(a) owned by:

(i) an Australian citizen; or

(ii) a person who holds a permanent visa under the Migration Act 1958 and is domiciled in Australia or an external Territory; or

(iii) a corporation incorporated in Australia or an external Territory; or

(iv) the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

(b) operated by:

(i) a corporation incorporated in Australia or an external Territory; or

(ii) the Commonwealth, a State, a Territory or an authority of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; or

(c) prescribed by regulations made for the purposes of this paragraph as being an Australian platform;

except a platform prescribed by the regulations as not being an Australian platform.

Note: For prescription by class, see subsection 13(3) of the Legislation Act 2003.

Greater Sunrise special regime area has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973.