Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A shipping inspector who, in the exercise of a power under this part, damages anything must promptly give written notice of the particulars of the damage.
(2) The notice must be given—
(a) if the thing is a ship or is on a ship—to the ship's master; or
(b) in any other case—to the person who appears to the inspector to be the owner of the thing.
(3) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2), the shipping inspector must—
(a) leave the notice at the place where the damage happened; and
(b) ensure the notice is left in a reasonably secured way in a conspicuous position.