(1) The master and the owner of
a prescribed ship are each guilty of an offence if the ship does not carry on
board an oil record book that complies with this Division.
: Maximum penalty--
(a) in the case of an individual--$22,000, or
(b) in the case of a
corporation--$110,000.
(2) In proceedings for an offence against this section
in relation to a ship, it is sufficient for the prosecution to allege and
prove that the ship is a prescribed ship and that it was in State waters
without an oil record book that complies with this Division on board.
(3) In
this section--
"prescribed ship" means--
(a) an oil tanker that has a gross tonnage of 150 or
more, or
(b) a ship that has a gross tonnage of 400 or more.
Editor's note :
See Regs 17.1 and 36.1 of Annex I of MARPOL.
