ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS 
(#DATE 24:11:1993) 

- In force under the Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981

- Updated as at 24 November 1993

*1* The Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Regulations (in force under the
Environment Protection (Sea Dumping) Act 1981) as shown in this reprint
comprise Statutory Rules 1983 No. 8 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

                     Table of Statutory Rules

    Year and         Date of         Date of            Application,

    number           notification    commencement       saving or

                     in Gazette                         transitional

                                                        provisions

    1983 No. 8       4 Feb 1983      6 Mar 1984 (see

                                     Gazette 1984,

                                     No. S85)

    1984 No. 423     13 Dec 1984     17 Dec 1984        -

                       Table of Amendments

    ad=added or inserted am=amended rep=repealed rs=repealed and substituted

    Provision affected          How affected

    R. 2A                       ad. 1984 No. 423

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 

TABLE

                      TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Regulation

    1.    Citation

    2.    Interpretation

   2A.    Declaration of Australian waters

    3.    Prescribed information for the purposes of paragraph

          15 (3) (d) of the Act

    4.    Prescribed courts

    5.    Fees

    6.    Service of notices

                            SCHEDULE

                       PRESCRIBED COURTS

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 1 
Citation 


  1. These Regulations may be cited as the Environment Protection (Sea
Dumping) Regulations. *1*
SEE NOTES TO FIRST ARTICLE OF THIS CHAPTER .

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 2 
Interpretation 


  2. In these Regulations, "the Act" means the Environment Protection (Sea
Dumping) Act 1981.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 2A 
Declaration of Australian waters 


  2A. (1) The following areas of sea are declared to be included in Australian
waters for the purposes of the Act, namely, each area of sea that consists of
the whole of that part of the Australian fishing zone that is adjacent to, and
on the seaward side of, the territorial sea of Australia or the territorial
sea of an external Territory.
  (2) In subregulation (1), "Australian fishing zone" has the same meaning as
in the Fisheries Act 1952 as in force at the commencement of this regulation.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 3 
Prescribed information for the purposes of paragraph 15 (3) (d) of the Act 


  3. For the purposes of paragraph 15 (3) (d) of the Act, the prescribed
information in relation to a report of a dumping is the following:

  (a) the name and address of the person furnishing the report;

  (b) the date of the dumping and the time of day expressed by reference to
Greenwich Mean Time at which the dumping took place;

  (c) the depth of water at the dumping site and the co-ordinates of the
dumping site specified in degrees, minutes and seconds of latitude and
longitude ascertained with such accuracy as is practicable in the
circumstances of the particular case;

  (d) the name (if any) and the registration or other identifying mark or
marking of the vessel, aircraft or platform from which the dumping took
place;

  (e) the name of the person in charge of the vessel, aircraft or platform
from which the dumping took place;

  (f) a description of the method employed in carrying out the dumping;

  (g) the reason for the dumping;

  (h) where wastes or other matter (not being a vessel, aircraft or platform)
were, or was, dumped:

    (i) the general description;

    (ii) the chemical composition;

    (iii) the form;

    (iv) the volume or mass; and

    (v) the method of packaging or containment (if any);

of the wastes or other matter dumped ascertained with such accuracy as is
practicable in the circumstances of the particular case;

  (i) where a vessel, aircraft or platform was dumped:

    (i) whether the thing dumped was a vessel, an aircraft or a

platform;

    (ii) the name (if any) and the registration or other

identifying mark or marking of the vessel, aircraft or platform dumped;

    (iii) the dimensions, including the mass, of the vessel,

aircraft or platform dumped ascertained with such accuracy as is practicable
in the circumstances of the particular case;

    (iv) the method of packaging or containment (if any) of the

vessel, aircraft or platform dumped.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 4 
Prescribed courts 


  4. The court specified in Column 1 of the Schedule opposite to the State or
Territory specified in Column 2 of the Schedule is declared to be a prescribed
court in relation to that State or Territory for the purposes of section 33 of
the Act.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 5 
Fees 


  5. (1) For the purposes of subsection 40 (1) of the Act, the fee in respect
of an application for a permit for dumping or incineration at sea is:

  (a) where the application is for a general permit - $2,500; or

  (b) where the application is for a special permit - $5,000.
  (2) The time prescribed for the purposes of the payment, under subsection 40
(2) of the Act, of a fee in respect of an application for a permit is a time
not later than 30 days after the day on which the application was made.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - REG 6 
Service of notices 


  6. A notice to an applicant for a permit under subsection 18 (3) of the Act
or to the holder of a permit under subsection 20 (1) or 21 (2) of the Act
shall be served by being sent by post to the person concerned at the address
shown on his application for the permit or, if he has, in relation to that
application or permit, notified the Minister in writing of another address for
service of such notices, at that other address.

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION (SEA DUMPING) REGULATIONS - SCHEDULE 

SCH

                            SCHEDULE                 Regulation 4

                       PRESCRIBED COURTS

Column 1

Court

      Column 2

      State or Territory

Land and Environment Court

      State of New South Wales

Supreme Court of Victoria

      State of Victoria

Supreme Court of Queensland

      State of Queensland

Supreme Court of South Australia

      State of South Australia

Supreme Court of Western Australia

      State of Western Australia

Supreme Court of Tasmania

      State of Tasmania

Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory

      Australian Capital Territory

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory of Australia

      Northern Territory

Supreme Court of Norfolk Island

      Norfolk Island

Supreme Court of Christmas Island

      Territory of Christmas Island

Supreme Court of the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands

      Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands