Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not unlawfully interfere with a ship.
Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.
(2) However, if the contravention of subsection (1) causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, another person, the person commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(3) A person unlawfully interferes with a ship if the person wilfully, and without authority, justification or excuse, detrimentally interferes with the safe operation of the ship.
Example of detrimental interference—
A person removes, alters or damages the ship's safety equipment.