HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 64B
HARBORS AND NAVIGATION ACT 1993 - SECT 64B
64B—Certain vessels not to be sold without Australian Builders Plate
affixed etc
(1) A person must not,
without the approval of the CE, sell or supply a vessel to which this Division
applies unless—
(a) an
Australian Builders Plate is affixed to the vessel in accordance with the
regulations; and
(b) the
information contained on the Australian Builders Plate is correct at the time
of the sale or supply.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) This section does
not apply in the case of the sale or supply of a vessel—
(a)
declared by the regulations to have been constructed before the commencement
of this section; or
(b) that
is the second, or a subsequent, sale or supply of the vessel (disregarding any
sale or supply that is for a purpose related to the manufacture of the
vessel).
(3) A person must not
affix, or cause to be affixed, an Australian Builders Plate to a vessel if the
person knows, or ought reasonably to have known, that the information
contained on the plate was incorrect.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(4) A person must not
alter an Australian Builders Plate affixed to a vessel if the person knows, or
ought reasonably to have known, that the alteration would result in the
information contained on the plate being incorrect.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(5) A person must not
remove an Australian Builders Plate that is affixed to a vessel except—
(a) in
order to replace it with another Australian Builders Plate; or
(b) with
the approval of the CE.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(6) A person must not
deface or conceal an Australian Builders Plate that is affixed to a vessel.
Maximum penalty: $5 000.
(7) In this
section—
"sell or supply" includes offer for sale or supply.