Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 53

             (1)  The master of a ship shall cause a legible copy of the agreement (being a copy which does not contain the names or signatures of, or particulars relating to, the master and members of the crew of the ship) to be posted up in a part of the ship to which all members of the crew have access and shall use all reasonable precautions to keep the copy so posted up until the termination of the agreement.

Penalty:  $1,000.

             (2)  A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  a copy of an agreement has been posted under subsection (1); and

                     (b)  the person does an act; and

                     (c)  the act results in the defacing or destruction of the agreement.

Penalty:  $500.

             (3)  Strict liability applies to paragraph (2)(a).

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .