Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MARINE ACT - SECT 109

The master or a person in actual charge of a vessel which has collided with another vessel shall, if and so far as he can do so without danger to his own vessel, crew and passengers:

        (a)     render to the other vessel, its master, crew and passengers, such assistance as is practicable and necessary to save that vessel or those persons from any danger caused by the collision;

        (b)     stay by the other vessel until he has ascertained that there is no need of further assistance; and

        (c)     give to the master of the other vessel involved in the collision the name of:

            (i)     his vessel;

            (ii)     the port at which it is registered or to which it belongs; and

            (iii)     the ports from which it comes and to which it is bound.

Penalty:     1250 penalty units.