means any machine or craft that can derive support in the atmosphere from the reactions of the air.

includes the external Territories.

means:

means:

means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by this Act.

includes ballast and ship’s stores and fuel.

includes a civil action.

means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.

of a tangible asset means:

means the International Convention Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Oil Pollution Casualties (a copy of the English text of which is set forth in Schedule 1).

means a direction under paragraph 8(2)(b), 9(2)(b) or 10(3)(b) or a further direction under section 15.

means:

has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code .

has the same meaning as in the Seas and Submerged Lands Act 1973 .

includes:

means all parts of the sea to which Part VII of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea applies.

means waters of the sea within the limits of a State or the Northern Territory . For this purpose, sea includes any waters within the ebb and flow of the tide.

, in relation to a ship, means the person having command or charge of the ship.

, in relation to a ship that is operated by a person (not being the owner of the ship) who has whole possession and control of the ship, means the operator of the ship.

means the Protocol Relating to Intervention on the High Seas in Cases of Pollution by Substances other than Oil, 1973 (being the Protocol a copy of whose English text is set out in Schedule 2), as affected by the following resolutions of the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the Internat