South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts13—Oil record book to be retained
(1) The owner of a
ship to which section 11 applies shall cause each of the ship's oil
record books to be retained—
(a) in
the ship; or
(b) at
the registered office in the State of the owner,
until the expiration of the period of three years after the day on which the
last entry was made in the book and to be readily available for inspection at
all reasonable times.
(2) Where an oil
record book of a ship is not retained in accordance with subsection (1),
the owner of the ship is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if
the offender is a natural person—$20 000; or
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate—$100 000.
(3) The owner of a
ship to which section 11 applies who resides in the State, or has an
office or agent in the State, may from time to time furnish to a prescribed
officer notice, in writing, of an address, being the address of—
(a) the
place in the State at which the person so resides; or
(b) the
office of the person in the State, or if the person has more than one office
in the State, the principal office in the State; or
(c) the
office or place of residence in the State of an agent or, if the agent has
more than one office in the State, the principal office in the State of the
agent,
and the place or office of which an address is furnished for the time being
under this subsection is the registered office in the State of the owner of
the ship for the purposes of subsection (1).
(4) Where the owner of
a ship to which section 11 applies does not reside in the State and does
not have an office or agent in the State, the owner may deposit an oil record
book of the ship with a prescribed officer and, while the book is so
deposited, the book is, for the purposes of subsection (1), deemed to be
retained at the registered office in the State of the owner.