South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts24M—Requirement for chemical tanker construction certificates
(1) Where a trading
ship proceeding on an intra-state voyage is constructed or adapted so that it
can carry as cargo, or part cargo, in bulk any substance that, for the
purposes of Part 3 is a substance in Category A, B, C or D, the master of that
ship must not begin a voyage, and the owner of that ship must not permit that
ship to begin a voyage, unless there is in force in respect of that ship a
chemical tanker construction certificate.
Maximum penalty:
(a) if
the offender is a natural person—$40 000, or imprisonment for 4
years, or both; or
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate—$200 000.
(2) The regulations
may exempt ships included in a prescribed class of ships from the application
of subsection (1), either absolutely or subject to conditions.
(3) In this
section—
"chemical tanker construction certificate" means—
(a) a
chemical tanker construction certificate issued under section 24J; or
(b) a
chemical tanker construction certificate issued under section 267Q of the
Navigation Act, 1912; or
(c) a
chemical tanker construction certificate issued under a law of another State
or of the Northern Territory and being a certificate of a kind prescribed as
acceptable for the purposes of this Division; or
(d) an
International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious
Liquid Substances in Bulk issued to a foreign ship under section 267R of the
Navigation Act, 1912.
(4) The owner of a
ship of the kind referred to in subsection (1) in respect of which a
chemical tanker construction certificate is in force must cause the
certificate to be carried on board the ship.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.