Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies to a trading ship in State waters that carries liquid substances 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 punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding —
(a) if
the offender is a natural person — $5 000; or
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate — $25 000.
(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).
Penalty: $5 000.
(6) Where an inspector
has inspected a ship to which this section applies, he shall 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)
shall be made in the English language; and
(b) in
the case of an entry made in relation to a prescribed operation, shall 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.
Penalty: $5 000.
[Section 23 amended: No. 24 of 2023 s. 113.]