Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) For the purpose of
ascertaining whether the provisions of this Division or any regulation
relating thereto are being contravened, any person authorised for the purpose
by the Director General by instrument in writing and whether so authorised
generally or in any particular case, may go on board any ship and may request
the person in charge or apparently in charge of the ship —
(a) to
produce for inspection any licence or permit, if any, granted under this
Division in respect of the ship, the manifest of the ship and any other
document that the person so authorised requires to inspect for the purpose;
(b) to
permit an inspection of the ship and the cargo loaded or being loaded into the
ship; and
(c) to
state his name and address.
(2) A person who goes
on board a ship pursuant to this section —
(a) may
be accompanied and assisted by an interpreter where the records of the ship
are kept in a language other than English; and
(b) may
cause any licence, permit, manifest of the ship or other document inspected by
him pursuant to this section, to be copied.
(3) A person
who —
(a)
fails to produce the licence, permit, manifest of a ship or other document or
does not allow any of them to be copied;
(b)
refuses to permit an inspection of a ship or its cargo;
(c)
refuses to state his name and address;
(d)
refuses to allow any person to go on board a ship who is authorised to do so
under this Act,
after being requested
so to do pursuant to this section, commits an offence against this Act.
Penalty: $300.
[Section 47D inserted by No. 64 of 1970
s. 9; amended by No. 54 of 1985 s. 52.]