Western Australian Consolidated Acts

WESTERN AUSTRALIAN MARINE ACT 1982 - SECT 58

58 .         Power to inspect logs and muster crew

        (1)         Where there is reason to suspect that this Act or the regulations are not complied with, an inspector or authorised person may —

            (a)         require the owner, master, or any person on board a commercial vessel to produce any official logbook, ship’s logbook, engineroom logbook and other documents relating to any member of the crew of the vessel, in their respective possession or control;

            (b)         require the master of a commercial vessel to produce a list of all persons on board his ship;

            (c)         take copies of such logbooks and documents or of any part thereof;

            (d)         muster the crew of any such ship; and

            (e)         summon the master to appear and give any explanation concerning such ship or her crew and such logs and documents.

        (2)         A person who —

            (a)         upon requisition made under subsection (1) refuses or neglects to produce or to permit inspection and copying of any logbook or other document;

            (b)         impedes any mustering of the crew;

            (c)         refuses or neglects to give any explanation which he is required to give under subsection (1); or

            (d)         knowingly misleads or deceives any person authorised by subsection (1) to require an explanation,

                is guilty of an offence.

        Penalty: $1 000.