PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 27C Failure to comply with requirements for information under foreign laws
PROTECTION OF THE SEA (PREVENTION OF POLLUTION FROM SHIPS) ACT 1983 - SECT 27C
Failure to comply with requirements for information under foreign laws(1) The master and owner of an Australian ship commit an offence if:
(a) a requirement to give information is made, in relation to the ship, under a law of a foreign country in circumstances in which paragraph 3 of article 220 of the Law of the Sea Convention permits such a requirement to be made; and
(b) the requirement is not complied with.
(2) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal
Code .