South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies to a trading ship proceeding on an intra-state voyage that carries
liquid substance in bulk.
(2) A cargo record
book shall be carried in every 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 subsection (7), in relation to each entry
made in it and for a signature, in accordance with subsection (8), on
each page of it.
(4) Where a 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.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if
the offender is a natural person—$20 000; or
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate—$100 000.
(5) Whenever a
prescribed operation or occurrence is carried out or occurs in, or in relation
to, a 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 subsection (7).
Maximum penalty: $20 000.
(6) Where an inspector
has inspected a ship to which this section applies, the inspector must make,
without delay, appropriate entries in the ship's cargo record book in
accordance with subsection (7).
(7) An entry in a
ship's cargo record book—
(a) must
be made in the English language; and
(b) in
the case of an entry made in relation to a prescribed operation, must be
signed by the officer or other person in charge of the operation.
(8) Where a page of a
ship's cargo record book is completed, the master of the ship shall, without
delay, sign the page.
Maximum penalty: $20 000.