Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 21A

             (1)  The master and the owner of an Australian ship each commit an offence if:

                     (a)  a chemical tanker construction certificate under Division 12A of Part IV of the Navigation Act 1912 is in force in respect of the ship; and

                     (b)  the ship does not have on board a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in English.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

             (2)  The master and the owner of a foreign ship each commit an offence if:

                     (a)  a chemical tanker construction certificate under Division 12A of Part IV of the Navigation Act 1912 is in force in respect of the ship; and

                     (b)  the ship does not have on board:

                              (i)  a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in the official language, or one of the official languages, of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and

                             (ii)  if none of those languages is English, Spanish or French--a translation of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual into one of those languages.

Penalty:  60 penalty units.

             (3)  An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

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