Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 - SECT 118

  (1)   A person contravenes this subsection if:

  (a)   dangerous goods are or will be carried on a vessel ; and

  (b)   the person describes the sender of the goods :

  ( i )   on the packaging containing the goods; or

  (ii)   on any document relating to the carrying of the goods; and

  (c)   the description is false or misleading in a material particular.

Fault - based offence

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

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty

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

Civil penalty:   600 penalty units.