CRIMES (SHIPS AND FIXED PLATFORMS) ACT 1992

CRIMES (SHIPS AND FIXED PLATFORMS) ACT 1992

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  
   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 Shelf