Offences at Sea Act

Legislation used in the British Commonwealth for crimes committed while at sea

Offences at Sea Act or Crimes at Sea Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom relating to the piracy and other offences within the jurisdiction of the admiralty.

List

Australia

Commonwealth

  • The Crimes at Sea Act 1979 (No 17)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (No 13)

New South Wales

  • The Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1980 (No 145)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 1998 (No 173)

Northern Territory

  • The Criminal Law (Offences at Sea) Act 1978
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 2000 (No 73)

Queensland

  • The Crimes at Sea Act 2001 (No 19)

South Australia

  • The Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1980 (No 5)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 1998 (No 62)

Tasmania

  • The Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1979 (No 69)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 1999 (No 11)

Victoria

  • The Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1978 (No 9229)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 1999 (No 56)

Western Australia

  • The Crimes (Offences at Sea) Act 1979 (No 96)
  • The Crimes at Sea Act 2000

New Zealand

  • The Offences at Sea Act 1953

United Kingdom

  • The Offences at Sea Act 1536 (28 Hen. 8. c. 15)
  • The Offences at Sea Act 1799 (39 Geo. 3. c. 37)
  • The Offences at Sea Act 1806 (46 Geo. 3. c. 54) (Repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to the Criminal Law Act 1967)
  • The Offences at Sea Act 1820 (1 Geo. 4. c. 90) (The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 10(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 3 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967)

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