PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY) ACT 1981 - SECT 13 Interpretation

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (CIVIL LIABILITY) ACT 1981 - SECT 13

  (1)   In this Part, Government ship means a ship (including a warship) owned by a country, and includes a ship owned by the Commonwealth or by a State.

  (2)   In this Part:

  (a)   a reference to a contract of insurance, or other financial security, in respect of a ship shall be construed as a reference to a contract of insurance, or other financial security, covering the liability of the owner of the ship under the applied provisions of the Convention for pollution damage caused in Australia or on the territory, including the territorial sea, of a country to which the Civil Liability Convention applies;

  (b)   a reference to the limits of the liability prescribed by paragraph   1 of Article V of the Convention, in relation to a ship, shall be construed as a reference to the amount to which the owner of the ship is entitled, under that paragraph, in its application to the ship as part of the law of the Commonwealth, to limit his or her liability under the Convention in respect of any one incident;

  (c)   a reference to a State shall be construed as including a reference to the Northern Territory.