Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if a ship is more than 15m in length overall.
(2) The ship's owner must have an insurance policy that, to the limits applying under a regulation, is sufficient to pay for—
(a) the clean up costs of the discharge of a pollutant from the ship into coastal waters; and
(b) the costs of salvage or removal of the ship from coastal waters if the ship is abandoned or wrecked.
Maximum penalty—850 penalty units.
(3) The Minister may recommend the making of a regulation under subsection (4) only if—
(a) the Minister has had regard to the risk of the ship discharging pollutants into, or being abandoned or wrecked in, coastal waters; and
(b) the Minister is reasonably satisfied that, for the particular type of ship, an insurance policy mentioned in subsection (2) could not reasonably be obtained or kept in force.
(4) A regulation may exempt a ship from the application of this section.
(5) A regulation under subsection (4) may provide that, for the exemption to apply, an owner of the ship must comply with conditions stated in the regulation.
Example of conditions that a regulation may provide—
A regulation may provide that an owner develop and implement a risk management plan including matters mentioned in the regulation or that an owner must not operate the ship with more than a stated type or quantity of pollutant on board the ship.