Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) In this section –
"incident controller" means the person having the immediate responsibility, on behalf of the State, for the management of operations in response to an actual or potential spill or oil spill;
"oil spill" means a discharge into State waters of any one, or any combination, of the following (whether in bulk, packaged or another form):(a) oil within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Convention;
(b) an oily mixture within the meaning of Annex 1 to the Convention;
"spill" means a discharge of a marine pollutant into State waters.
(2) Subject to subsection (2A), the Director must immediately convene a meeting of the Committee if a spill occurs, or appears likely to occur, from–
(a) a ship; or
(b) other waters; or
(c) a place on land, including a platform; or
(d) a pipeline or other apparatus used for transferring a marine pollutant to or from a ship.
(2A) Subsection (2) does not apply if the Director –
(a) is satisfied that an oil spill of less than 10 tonnes has occurred, or is likely to occur, from any source mentioned in subsection (2); and
(b) reasonably believes that there is no serious threat or danger to State waters, the coastline or another part of the State's physical environment or the related interests of the State.
(3) The Committee has the following functions in respect of the spill or the oil spill:
(a) to make recommendations to the Director, the incident controller and authorized officers;
(b) to coordinate the provision of advice to the State government and, as necessary, other levels of government;
(c) to monitor the implementation of decisions taken by the State government and, as necessary, make recommendations to the incident controller or other persons for remedial or further action;
(d) to facilitate communication between governments and persons involved in dealing with the spill or the oil spill, including, in particular, the communications to and from the incident controller and authorized officers.