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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Offences in relation to maritime document

69A: Acting in breach of maritime documents

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"Breaking the rules in ship documents can get you in trouble"

If you operate, maintain, or service a ship, you must follow the rules in the maritime documents. You commit an offence if you do not comply with these provisions and conditions. This applies to anything you do with a ship.

If you break this rule, you can get in trouble. As an individual, you could go to prison for up to 12 months or pay a fine of up to $10,000.

If you are a company, you could pay a fine of up to $100,000. You may also have to pay an additional penalty under section 409.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Offences in relation to maritime document

69AActing in breach of maritime documents

  1. Every person who operates, maintains, or services a ship, or does any other act in respect of a ship commits an offence if the provisions and conditions of the appropriate maritime document are not complied with.

  2. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable,—

  3. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000:
    1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000:
      1. in either case, to an additional penalty under section 409.

        Notes
        • Section 69A: inserted, on , by section 21 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).