Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not—
(a) use or display a prescribed signal of distress other than under a regulation; or
(b) cause or permit someone else to use or display a prescribed signal of distress other than under a regulation.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(2) If—
(a) a person has, under a regulation, used or displayed a prescribed signal of distress or caused or permitted someone else to use or display the prescribed signal; and
(b) any prescribed circumstances arise when the prescribed signal must be revoked;
the person must immediately use all ways of communicating at the person's disposal to revoke the prescribed signal.
Maximum penalty—200 penalty units.
(3) However, if the contravention of subsection (1) or (2) by a person causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, someone else, the person commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years.
(4) If a person is convicted of an offence against this section, the court may order the person to pay to the State or another person an amount that represents reasonable compensation for loss or expense suffered, work undertaken and risk incurred because of the person's act or omission.