Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) REGULATION 2016 - REG 93

93 Reporting dangerous cargo event

(1) This section applies to a person if—

(a) the person is—

(i) in charge of a place where a ship is, or is about to be, berthed; or

(ii) the owner or master of a ship; and

(b) the person becomes aware that a dangerous cargo event has happened at the place or on the ship.

(2) The person must report the dangerous cargo event in the way and to the person required under subsections (3) and (4).

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units.

(3) The person must report the dangerous cargo event in the approved form and as soon as reasonably practicable after the person finds out about it.

(4) The person must report the dangerous cargo event—

(a) if the event happens in a pilotage area—to a harbour master for the area; or

(b) otherwise—to the general manager.

(5) In this section—

"dangerous cargo event" means—

(a) for dangerous cargo—

(i) the loss, or likely loss, of the cargo from a ship into Queensland waters; or

(ii) a breach, or danger of a breach, of the containment of the cargo that could endanger marine safety; or

(iii) another event involving, or that could involve, the cargo that causes risk of an explosion, a fire, a person’s death or grievous bodily harm to a person; or

(b) for cargo that is materials that are hazardous only in bulk under the IMSBC Code—an event that causes a risk of an explosion, a fire, a person’s death or grievous bodily harm to a person.