Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1992 No. 209 of 1992 - SECT 21

21. Section 164 of the Principal Act is amended:
(a) by inserting after paragraph (d) of the definition of "mining operation"
in subsection (7) the following paragraph:

"(da) the undertaking:

        (i)    of voyages to or from an Australian port by a ship that is
               proposed to be, or that is, used wholly or primarily in
               carrying out northern mining activities within the meaning of
               this section for the purposes of refitting or repairing the
               ship or its equipment for, or as a result of, carrying out
               those activities; or

        (ii)   of trials in connection with such a refit or repair of the ship
               or its equipment;";

   (b)  by inserting in subsection (7) the following definition:

"'northern mining activities' means activities associated with or incidental
to, the exploration for, or exploitation of, oil or natural gas in waters
within the geographical boundaries of 100 degrees east longitude to 140
degrees east longitude and the equator to 30 degrees south latitude;".