Western Australian Current Acts

CRIMES AT SEA ACT 2000 - NOTES

Notes

¹ This reprint is a compilation as at 11 November 2011

of the Crimes at Sea Act 2000 and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.

Compilation table

Short title	Number and year	Assent	Commencement
Crimes at Sea Act 2000	11 of 2000	19 May 2000	s. 1 and 2: 19 May 2000; Act other than s. 1 and 2: 31 Mar 2001 (see s. 2 and Gazette 30 Mar 2001 p. 1755)
Petroleum and Energy Legislation Amendment Act 2010 s. 183	42 of 2010	28 Oct 2010	25 May 2011 (see s. 2(b) and Gazette 24 May 2011 p. 1892)
Reprint 1: The Crimes at Sea Act 2000 as at 11 Nov 2011 (includes amendments listed above)

² The Criminal Procedure and Appeals (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 2004 s. 81 reads as follows:

81. References to “complaint” to be read as references to “prosecution notice”

(1) A reference in a written law or book, document or writing to a complaint in the context of commencing proceedings in a court for an offence is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to be a reference to a prosecution notice.

(2) A reference in a written law to a complaint in the context of applying for a warrant to enter or search a place or to seize any thing is, unless the contrary intention appears, to be taken to be a reference to an application.

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)
act Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
adjacent area Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
area of administrative responsibility Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
Australian ship Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
authority Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
baseline Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
baseline of Australia’s territorial sea Sch. 1 cl. 13
commencement day 10(1)
Commonwealth judicial proceeding Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
continental shelf Sch. 1 cl. 13
cooperative scheme 3
foreign ship Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
indictable offence Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
inner adjacent area Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
intergovernmental agreement 3, Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
Joint Petroleum Development Area Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
judicial proceeding Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
law of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
maritime offence Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
offence Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
outer adjacent area Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
participating State Minister Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
preliminary examination Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
ship Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
State Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
State judicial proceeding Sch. 1 cl. 3(1)
substantive criminal law Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
summary offence Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)
territorial sea Sch. 1 cl. 13