Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) REGULATION 2016 - REG 91

91 Reporting requirement for ship operated on local marine service

(1) This section applies if a ship is to be operated on a local marine service.

(2) The owner or master of the ship must report the following matters in the way and to the person required under subsection (3) —

(a) the start of the local marine service and the nature of the dangerous cargo to be handled on voyages that are part of the service;

(b) each voyage that is part of the local marine service and the nature of the dangerous cargo to be handled on the voyage.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.

(3) The report under subsection (2) must be made within the time mentioned in section 92 and—

(a) if an event to be reported is to happen in a pilotage area—in the approved form to a harbour master for the pilotage area; or

(b) if an event to be reported is to happen outside a pilotage area—in the approved form to the general manager.

(4) However, if the dangerous cargo to be handled is dangerous goods—

(a) the penalty provision for subsection (2) does not apply; and

(b) subsection (2) is a regulation to which section 213 (3) of the Act applies.

Note—

Section 213 (3) of the Act provides for a penalty of 500 penalty units for a contravention of a regulation declared to be a regulation to which the subsection applies.

(5) The owner or master of a ship operating on a local marine service must notify the general manager within 14 days after the person stops operating the service.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty for subsection (5) —50 penalty units.