MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 9G Object of this Division

MARINE SAFETY ACT 1998 - SECT 9G

9G Object of this Division

(1) The object of this Division is to further the purpose of this Part by providing for an offence against the applied provisions to be treated as if it were an offence against a law of the Commonwealth.

(2) The purposes for which an offence is to be treated as mentioned in subsection (1) include, for example (but are not limited to)--

(a) the investigation and prosecution of offences, and

(b) the arrest, custody, bail, trial and conviction of offenders or persons charged with offences, and

(c) proceedings relating to a matter referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), and

(d) appeals and reviews relating to criminal proceedings and to proceedings of the kind referred to in paragraph (c), and

(e) the sentencing, punishment and release of persons convicted of offences, and

(f) fines, penalties and forfeitures, and

(g) infringement notices in connection with offences, and

(h) liability to make reparation in connection with offences, and

(i) proceeds of crime, and

(j) spent convictions.

(3) For the purposes of this Division, offences include contraventions for which a civil penalty may be imposed.