New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE POLLUTION ACT 1987 - SECT 44

44 Requirement for chemical tanker construction certificates

(1) Where a trading ship proceeding on an intra-state voyage is constructed or adapted so that it can carry as cargo, or part cargo, in bulk any substance that, for the purposes of Part 3, is a substance in Category A, B, C or D, the master of that ship shall not begin a voyage, and the owner of that ship shall not permit that ship to begin a voyage, unless there is in force in respect of that ship a chemical tanker construction certificate.

Penalty:

(a) if the offender is a natural person-100 penalty units or imprisonment for 4 years, or both, or

(b) if the offender is a body corporate-500 penalty units.

(2) In this section "chemical tanker construction certificate" means:

(a) a chemical tanker construction certificate issued under section 41,

(b) a chemical tanker construction certificate issued under section 267Q of the Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth,

(c) a chemical tanker construction certificate issued under a law of another State or the Northern Territory and being a certificate of a kind prescribed as acceptable for the purposes of this Division, or

(d) an International Pollution Prevention Certificate for the Carriage of Noxious Liquid Substances in Bulk issued to a foreign ship under section 267R of the Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth.

(3) The owner of a ship of the kind referred to in subsection (1) in respect of which a chemical tanker construction certificate is in force shall cause the certificate to be carried on board the ship.

Penalty: 10 penalty units.