New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE POLLUTION ACT 1987 - SECT 52C

52C Departure of ships under detention

(1) The master and the owner of a ship detained under this Part which departs State waters before it is released from detention are each guilty of an offence against this section.

Maximum penalty: 1 000 penalty units (in the case of a corporation) or 200 penalty units (in any other case).

(2) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section if the person can establish that he or she was not aware that the ship had been detained under this Part.