New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 47

47 Operating detained vessel

(1) The owner of a vessel must not cause or allow the vessel to be taken on a voyage if the owner knows that the vessel has been detained under this Division and has not been duly released.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

(2) The master of a vessel must not take the vessel on a voyage if the master knows that the vessel has been detained under this Division and has not been duly released.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

(3) An agent for a vessel that has been detained under this Division and has not been duly released must not assist the owner or master of the vessel to contravene this section.

Maximum penalty: 100 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment, or both.

(4) A person must not obstruct or fail to comply with any reasonable requirement of a person appointed by the Minister to take charge of a vessel detained under this Division in connection with the exercise of that person’s functions.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.