Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 No. 41, 1983 - SECT 23

23. (1) This section applies to an Australian ship that carries liquid
substances in bulk.

(2) A cargo record book shall be carried in every Australian ship to which
this section applies.

(3) A cargo record book shall be in accordance with the prescribed form with
provision made for a signature, in accordance with sub-section (7), in
relation to each entry made in it and for a signature, in accordance with
sub-section (8), on each page of it.

(4) Where an Australian ship to which this section applies does not carry a
cargo record book as required by this section, the master and the owner of the
ship are each guilty of an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not
exceeding-

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person-$5,000; or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate-$10,000.

(5) Whenever a prescribed operation or occurrence is carried out or occurs in,
or in relation to, an Australian ship to which this section applies, the
master of the ship shall make, without delay, appropriate entries in, or cause
appropriate entries to be made, without delay, in, the ship's cargo record
book, being entries in accordance with sub-section (7).

Penalty: $5,000.

(6) Where an inspector, or a person authorized by the Government of a country
other than Australia that is a Party to the Convention to supervise any
operations under Annex II, has inspected a ship to which this section applies,
he shall make, without delay, appropriate entries in the ship's cargo record
book in accordance with sub-section (7).

(7) An entry in a ship's cargo record book-

   (a)  shall be made in the English language; and

   (b)  in the case of an entry made in relation to a prescribed operation,
        shall be signed by the officer or other person in charge of the
        operation.

(8) Each page of a ship's cargo record book shall be signed by the master of
the ship.