Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A cargo record
book of a ship to which section 23 applies shall be retained in the ship
until the expiration of a period of one year after the day on which the
last entry was made in the book and shall be readily available for inspection
at all reasonable times.
(2) Where a cargo
record book is not retained in a ship in accordance with subsection (1),
the master and the owner of the ship are each guilty of an offence punishable,
upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding —
(a) if
the offender is a natural person — $5 000; or
(b) if
the offender is a body corporate — $25 000.
(3) The owner of a
ship to which section 23 applies shall cause each of the ship’s
cargo 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 2 years next following the expiration of the period
during which the book is required to be retained in the ship by virtue of
subsection (1) and to be readily available for inspection at all
reasonable times.
(4) Where a cargo
record book of a ship is not retained in accordance with subsection (3),
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.
(5) The owner of a
ship to which section 23 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 (3).
(6) Where the owner of
a ship to which section 23 applies does not reside in the State and does
not have an office or agent in the State, the owner may deposit a cargo record
book of the ship with a prescribed officer and, while the book is so
deposited, the book shall, for the purposes of subsection (3), be deemed
to be retained at the registered office in the State of the owner.