Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The owner or master of a declared ship must not operate the declared ship in nil discharge waters for treated sewage or untreated sewage from a declared ship, unless—
(a) the declared ship is fitted with a sewage holding device; and
(b) each fixed toilet on the declared ship is connected to a sewage holding device.
Maximum penalty—850 penalty units.
(2) A declared ship is taken not to be fitted with a sewage holding device unless a sewage holding device fitted to the ship is appropriate having regard to—
(a) the person capacity of the ship prescribed under the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994; and
(b) the duration of the ship's journey in the nil discharge waters.
(3) The nil discharge waters for treated sewage or untreated sewage from a declared ship are the coastal waters prescribed under a regulation for this section.
(4) In this section—
declared ship means a ship declared under a regulation to be a ship to which this section applies.
operate, a declared ship, includes anchor, berth or moor the declared ship.