Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A document may be served on the master of a ship or a member of the ship's crew 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) in any other case—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 the master of a ship and there is no master or apparently there is no master, the document may be served on the owner of the ship.
(3) A document is served on all owners of a ship if it is served on any person mentioned in section 9.
Editor's note—
Section 9 defines owner.
(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 power of a court or tribunal to authorise service of a document other than as provided in this section.