Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 - SECT 107

  (1)   The master of a foreign vessel must not tak e the vessel to sea , or cause or permit another person to take the vessel to sea , if :

  (a)   the vessel is required by the regulations to have a certificate of a specified kind and such a certificate is not in force for the vessel; or

  (b)   if the vessel is not required by the regulations to have a certificate of a specified kind--other documentary evidence attesting that the vessel is seaworthy, issued by or on behalf of the country in which the vess el is registered, is not in force .

Fault - based offence

  (2)   A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection   ( 1).

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 10 years or 600 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty

  (3)   A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection   ( 1).

Civil penalty:   6,000 penalty units.