New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 45

45 Owner or master not to operate unsafe vessel

(1) The owner of a vessel must not operate the vessel if the owner knows, or ought reasonably to know, that it is an unsafe vessel.

Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

(2) The master of a vessel must not operate a vessel if the master knows, or ought reasonably to know, that it is an unsafe vessel.

Maximum penalty: 400 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

(3) The fact that an unsafe vessel has been detained under this Division does not prevent a prosecution for an offence against this section.