Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsSection 22 o f the Principal Act is amended ;
(a) by inserting in subsection (1A) " , the Jervis Bay Territory " after " State " (first occurring);
(b) by inserting in subsection (1B) " , the Jervis Bay Territory " after " State " ;
(c) by omitting from subsection (1) " manner, a prescribed
officer of the incident " and substituting:
" manner ;
(a) where Australia or an external Territory is the nearest coastal State to the place where the incident oc curred ; a prescribed officer; or
(b) where a foreign country is the nearest coastal State to that place - the government of that foreign country,
of the incident. " ;
(d) by omitting from subsection (3) " manner, a prescribed
officer of the incident and, if a prescribed officer " and substituting:
" manner
(c) where Australia or an external Territory is the nearest coastal State to the place where the incident oc curred - a prescribed officer; or
(d) where a foreign country is the nearest coastal State to that place ; the gove rnment of that foreign country,
of the incident, and, if a prescribed officer or a government, as the case may be, " ;
(e) by inserting in subsection (6) " or a government " after " officer " (first occurring);
(f) by inserting in subsection (6) " or that government, as the case may be " afte r " officer " (second occurring);
(g) by inserting in subsection (6) " or that government, as the case may be, " af ter " officer " (last occurring);
(h) by inserting in subsection (7) " or a government " after " officer " (first occurring);
(j) by inserting in subsection (7) " or that government, as the case may be " after " officer " (second occurr ing);
(k) by inserting in subsection (7) " or that government, as the case may be, " af ter " officer " (last occurring);
(m) by inserting in subsection (8) " or a government " after " officer " (wherever occurring); and
(n) by inserting in subsection (9) " or a government " after " officer " (wherever occurring).