Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The overall purpose of this Act is to protect the Territory's marine and coastal environment by minimising intentional and negligent discharges of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters.
(2) This purpose is to be achieved primarily by giving effect to relevant provisions of the following annexes of MARPOL:
(a) Annex I (which deals with pollution by oil);
(b) Annex II (which deals with pollution by noxious liquid substances in bulk);
(c) Annex III (which deals with pollution by harmful substances in packaged form);
(d) Annex V (which deals with pollution by garbage).
(3) The purpose is also to be achieved by:
(a) providing an approach to protecting the Territory's marine and coastal environment from ship-sourced pollutants complementary to the approach of the Commonwealth and the States of the Commonwealth;
(b) making provision about the discharge of sewage from ships;
(c) enabling shipping casualties that are polluting, or threatening to pollute, coastal waters, to be dealt with; and
(d) imposing severe penalties on persons who pollute the Territory's marine and coastal environment in contravention of this Act.