Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Marine Act 1988 - SECT 20A

Damage etc. to be reported

20A. Damage etc. to be reported

The owner or master of a trading vessel or fishing vessel must report, in
writing and without delay, to the Director full particulars if-

   (a)  the vessel has been damaged or a defect in it or in its boilers,
        machinery or equipment has been discovered and the damage or defect
        has affected or is likely to affect-

   (i)  the seaworthiness or safety of the vessel; or

   (ii) the efficient operation or the safety of the boilers, machinery or
        fixed equipment (within the meaning of section 268 of the
        Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth) of the vessel; or

   (iii) the efficiency or completeness of the life-saving appliances or other
        safety equipment (within the meaning of section 268 of the
        Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth) of the vessel; or

   (b)  the vessel has been in a position of great peril, either from the
        action of some other vessel or from danger of wreck or collision; or

   (c)  the vessel has been stranded or wrecked; or

   (d)  the vessel has fouled or done any damage to a pipeline or submarine
        cable or to a lighthouse, lightship, beacon, buoy or marine mark to
        which section 268(1)(e) of the Navigation Act 1912 of the Commonwealth
        applies.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.