Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) ACT 1994 - SECT 87B

(1) A harbour master may direct the master of a ship to operate the ship in a stated way.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the harbour master may direct the master of a ship in or adjacent to a marine incident area to operate the ship in a stated way, including, for example, in any of the following ways—

(a) not to cause the ship to enter the marine incident area;

(b) to cause the ship to enter the marine incident area in a stated way;

(c) to navigate the ship in the marine incident area in a stated way;

(d) to anchor, berth or moor the ship at a stated place in the marine incident area;

(e) to move the ship from an anchorage, berth or mooring in the marine incident area;

(f) to cause the ship to leave the marine incident area or to leave the marine incident area in a stated way.

(3) A person must not contravene a direction under this section, unless the person has a reasonable excuse.

Maximum penalty for subsection (3)—200 penalty units.