Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SHIPS AND FIXED PLATFORMS) ACT 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement [see Note 1]  
   3.      Interpretation  
   4.      Act extends to external Territories  
   5.      Extraterritorial application  
   5A.     Application of the Criminal Code  
   6.      Effect of this Act on other laws  
   7.      Convictions under foreign laws  

   PART 2--PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE CONVENTION

           Division 1--Offences in relation to ships

   8.      Seizing a ship  
   9.      Acts of violence  
   10.     Destroying or damaging a ship  
   11.     Placing destructive devices on a ship  
   12.     Destroying or damaging navigational facilities  
   13.     Giving false information  
   14.     Causing death  
   15.     Causing grievous bodily harm  
   16.     Causing injury to a person  
   17.     Threatening to endanger a ship  
   18.     Commencement of proceedings  

           Division 2--Powers of ship's master

   19.     Arrest of offenders etc.  
   20.     Ship's master may deliver alleged offenders to Convention State  

   PART 3--PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROTOCOL

   21.     Seizing control of a fixed platform  
   22.     Acts of violence  
   23.     Destroying or damaging a fixed platform  
   24.     Placing destructive devices on a fixed platform  
   25.     Causing death  
   26.     Causing grievous bodily harm  
   27.     Causing injury to a person  
   28.     Threatening to endanger a fixed platform  
   29.     Commencement of proceedings  

   PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS

   30.     Written consent of Attorney-General required  
   31.     No prosecution except on indictment  
   32.     Evidence of certain matters  
   33.     Section 38 of the Judiciary Act  
           SCHEDULE 1 - Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation
           SCHEDULE 2 - Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental