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TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) ACT 1994 - SECT 186

Unlawful interference with Queensland regulated ship

186 Unlawful interference with Queensland regulated ship

(1) A person must not unlawfully interfere with a Queensland regulated ship.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) However, if the contravention of subsection (1) causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, the person commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) A person unlawfully interferes with a Queensland regulated ship if the person wilfully, and without authority, justification or excuse, detrimentally interferes with the safe operation of the ship.
Example of detrimental interference—
A person removes, alters or damages the ship’s safety equipment.



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