Bill
Maritime Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
passed, as at 2022-12-05. Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-09-28
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-24
- third reading — 2022-11-24
- introduced — 2022-11-24
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- second reading — 2022-11-28
- third reading — 2022-11-28
- passed — 2022-11-28
- royal assent — 2022-12-05
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2022-09-28.
This bill updates Australian laws to match international shipping pollution rules adopted by the International Maritime Organization.
It would add restrictions on certain liquid waste discharges in European waters, ban heavy fuel oil in the Arctic from July 2024, and ban the anti-fouling chemical cybutryne from January 2023.
The ban on heavy fuel oil in the Arctic mirrors an existing Antarctic ban, with temporary waivers possible until 2029 for ships flagged by coastal states.
- The bill would amend the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 to control discharges of persistent floater residues in northern European waters.
- It would amend the Protection of the Sea (Harmful Anti-fouling Systems) Act 2006 to extend anti-fouling controls to include cybutryne.
- It would prohibit ships from using or carrying heavy fuel oil in Arctic waters from 1 July 2024, with a later date of 1 July 2029 for ships with oil fuel tank protection.
- It would require ships with existing cybutryne coatings to remove or seal them by the next anti-fouling system renewal, within 60 months.
- It would replace the term 'orders' with 'Marine Orders' in both Acts for consistency with the Navigation Act 2012.
Ship operators, owners, and builders are affected by new discharge, fuel, and anti-fouling requirements.
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