Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The owner of a
ship to which section 13 applies shall cause each of the ship’s oil
record books to be retained —
(a) in
the ship; or
(b) at
the registered office in the State of the owner,
until the expiration
of the period of 3 years after the day on which the last entry was made
in the book and to be readily available for inspection at all reasonable
times.
(2) Where an oil
record book of a ship is not retained in accordance with subsection (1),
the owner of the ship is guilty of an offence punishable, upon conviction, by
a fine not exceeding —
(a) if
the owner is a natural person — $5 000; or
(b) if
the owner is a body corporate — $25 000.
(3) The owner of a
ship to which section 13 applies who resides in the State, or has an
office or agent in the State, may from time to time furnish to a prescribed
officer notice, in writing, of an address, being the address
of —
(a) the
place in the State at which he so resides;
(b) his
office in the State, or, if he has more than one office in the State, his
principal office in the State; or
(c) the
office or place of residence in the State of his agent or, if his agent has
more than one office in the State, the principal office in the State of his
agent,
and the place or
office of which an address is furnished for the time being under this
subsection is the registered office in the State of the owner of the ship for
the purposes of subsection (1).
(4) Where the owner of
a ship to which section 13 applies does not reside in the State and does
not have an office or agent in the State, the owner may deposit an oil record
book of the ship with a prescribed officer and, while the book is so
deposited, the book shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), be deemed
to be retained at the registered office in the State of the owner.