Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purposes
of ascertaining —
(a)
whether a provision of this Act that is applicable in relation to a ship has
been complied with in respect of the ship; or
(b)
whether there has been a discharge into State waters in contravention of this
Act,
an inspector
may —
(c) go
on board the ship with such assistants and equipment as he considers
necessary;
(d)
require the master of the ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to
facilitate the boarding;
(e)
inspect and test any machinery or equipment of the ship;
(f)
require the master of the ship to take such steps as the inspector directs to
facilitate the inspection or testing of any machinery or equipment of the
ship;
(g)
open, or require the master of the ship to cause to be opened, any hold,
bunker, tank, compartment or receptacle in or on board the ship and inspect
the contents of any hold, bunker, tank, compartment or receptacle in or on
board the ship;
(h)
require the master of the ship to produce a record book required by this Act
to be carried in the ship or any other books, documents or records relating to
the ship or its cargo that are carried in the ship;
(i)
make copies of, or take extracts from, any such books,
documents or records;
(j)
require the master of the ship to certify that a true copy of an entry in a
record book required by this Act to be carried in the ship made by the
inspector is a true copy of such an entry;
(k)
examine, and take samples of, any substances being in, on, or in the vicinity
of a ship or place on land in respect of which an investigation of a discharge
or suspected discharge in breach of a provision of this Act is being made;
(l)
require the master of the ship or the occupier of the place, or any person
representing the master or occupier, to certify the taking of the samples;
(m)
require the testing of any apparatus in the place, the condition or efficiency
of which is, in the opinion of the inspector, relevant to a discharge or
suspected discharge into State waters in breach of a provision of this Act;
and
(n)
require a person to answer questions.
(2) For the purposes
of investigating a discharge or suspected discharge into State waters in
contravention of a provision of this Act, an inspector may enter and inspect
any place on land.
(3) A person shall
not —
(a)
without reasonable excuse, hinder or obstruct or refuse or fail to comply with
a requirement made of him by, an inspector in the exercise of his powers under
subsection (1) or (2); or
(b) in
answer to a question that he is required to answer under subsection (1),
make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $2 000.
(4) An inspector shall
not, in exercising his powers under subsection (1), unnecessarily delay a
ship from beginning a voyage.