Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE POLLUTION) REGULATION 2018 - REG 44

44 Documents to be kept on board ships fitted with treatment systems

(1) This section applies to a ship that—

(a) is operating in coastal waters; and

(b) is fitted with a treatment system.

(2) The ship’s owner and master must ensure the system documentation and system service manual (the
"relevant documents" ) for the treatment system—

(a) are kept on board; and

(b) are readily available for inspection at all reasonable times.

(3) If the relevant documents are not kept and readily available for inspection as required under subsection (2) , the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—350 penalty units.

(4) Also, the ship’s owner and master must ensure—

(a) written service records for the treatment system are kept; and

(b) the service records—

(i) are kept on board; and

(ii) are readily available for inspection at all reasonable times.

(5) If the service records are not kept and readily available as required under subsection (4) , the ship’s owner and master each commit an offence.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—350 penalty units.

(6) In this section—

"service records" , for a treatment system, means the following particulars about the maintenance or assessment of the treatment system required under section 43 —

(a) for maintenance of the treatment system—

(i) the name of the authorised service provider that performed the maintenance; and

(ii) the date the maintenance was performed and details of any significant maintenance carried out on the treatment system;

(b) for an assessment of the treatment system—

(i) the name of the independent testing entity that performed the assessment; and

(ii) the date and results of the assessment.