Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 26FD

             (1)  There must be displayed, on board a ship of 12 metres or more in length, one or more placards notifying the crew and passengers of the kinds of garbage that may, or may not, be disposed of from the ship, and the conditions to which any such disposal is subject, under section 26F.

             (2)  If the ship is an Australian ship, the placard or each placard must be written in the English language.

             (3)  If:

                     (a)  the ship is a foreign ship that is engaged on a voyage to an Australian port or to an Australian offshore terminal; and

                     (b)  the placard or each placard is written in the official language or one of the official languages of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and

                     (c)  the language in which the placard or each placard is so written is not English, French or Spanish;

the placard or each placard must also be written in English, French or Spanish.

             (4)  If a placard required under this section to be displayed on a ship is not so displayed, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

             (5)  An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.