Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 69

             (1)  Where an unregistered ship is at a foreign port at which there is a proper officer, the ship shall not depart from that port on a voyage unless and until a registration certificate or provisional registration certificate is granted in respect of the ship.

             (2)  The master and owner of a ship that departs from a foreign port in contravention of subsection (1) are each guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction:

                     (a)  if the offender is a natural person--by a fine not exceeding $2,000; or

                     (b)  if the offender is a body corporate--by a fine not exceeding $5,000.

          (2A)  An offence under subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note:          For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .

             (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply to a prescribed ship, or ships included in a prescribed class of ships.