Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A document may be served on a ship's master by leaving it—
(a) if, at the time of service, there is a person on board who is apparently in charge of the ship—with the person after explaining to the person the purpose of the document; or
(b) otherwise—in a reasonably secure way in a conspicuous position near the ship's controls.
(2) If a document is required or permitted to be served on a ship's master and there is no master or apparently there is no master, the document may be served on—
(a) the ship's owner; or
(b) the owner's agent.
(3) A document is taken to be served on all owners of a ship if it is served on—
(a) any owner of the ship; or
(b) the ship's master; or
(c) an owner's agent.
(4) Nothing in this section affects—
(a) the operation of another law that requires or permits service of a document other than as provided in this section; or
(b) the court's power to authorise service of a document other than as provided in this section.
Note—
See, for example, part 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954.