Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

POLLUTION OF WATERS BY OIL AND NOXIOUS SUBSTANCES ACT 1987 - SECT 3A

      (1) For the purposes of this Act –

(a) the discharge of a marine pollutant outside State waters is, if the marine pollutant later enters State waters, taken to be a discharge of the marine pollutant into State waters; and

(b) the discharge of a marine pollutant onto or into waters or a structure or thing is, if the marine pollutant later enters State waters, taken to be a discharge of the marine pollutant into State waters.

      (2) In either case, the discharge of the marine pollutant is taken to occur when it enters State waters.