Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund--General) Act 1993. Country/Territory Australia Document type Legislation Date 1993 (2009) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to impose contributions payable under the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993, so far as those contributions are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise. Subject Environment gen., Sea Keyword Marine pollution Special fund Oil pollution Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act imposes contributions payable under the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993. Sections 4 and 5 of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993 apply in relation to this Act in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply in relation to that Act. Contributions payable under the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993 are imposed only so far as those This section imposes contributions only so far as those contributions are neither duties of customs nor duties of excise within the meaning of section 55 of the Constitution. The Act does not impose tax on property of a State. Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au