Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 172A

             (1)  The master of a ship who is required by section 171 to keep an official log-book must, as soon as practicable after making an entry in relation to an occurrence under the code of conduct referred to in subsection 46(4A), report the recording of that occurrence to the Authority in accordance with regulations made under subsection (2).

             (2)  The regulations may provide for the manner and time of reporting the making of an entry in the official log-book in relation to an occurrence referred to in subsection (1).

Penalty:  10 penalty units.