Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 No. 8, 1981 - SECT 69

69. (1) Where an unregistered ship entitled to be registered is at a foreign
port at which there is a proper officer, the ship shall not depart from that
port on a voyage unless and until a registration certificate or provisional
registration certificate is granted in respect of the ship.

(2) The master and owner of a ship that departs from a foreign port in
contravention of sub-section (1) are each guilty of an offence punishable upon
conviction -

   (a)  if the offender is a natural person - by a fine not exceeding $2,000;
        or

   (b)  if the offender is a body corporate - by a fine not exceeding $5,000.

(3) Sub-section (1) does not apply to a prescribed ship, or ships included in
a prescribed class of ships.