Maritime Transport Act 1994

Local regulation of maritime activity - Port operations

33T: Inspections and audits of port operations

You could also call this:

"Checking ports are safe and clean"

The Director can ask you to do inspections and audits if you work at a port. This is to keep people safe and stop pollution in the sea. You might need to give the Director some information.

The Director can also ask you to show that you and your team know what to do to keep people safe and stop pollution. You might need to demonstrate that you can do your job properly. This includes showing that you can follow procedures to keep people safe and the sea clean.

If you do not do what the Director asks, you might commit an offence. You could be fined up to $10,000 if you are an individual, or up to $100,000 if you are a company. You might also have to pay more money for each day you do not comply, and you could face an additional penalty under section 409.

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Part 3ALocal regulation of maritime activity
Port operations

33TInspections and audits of port operations

  1. The Director may require that any port company, port operator, or other person who operates, maintains, or services a commercial port, or who does any other act in respect of a commercial port, undergo or carry out inspections and audits that the Director considers necessary in the interests of ensuring maritime safety or preventing marine pollution.

  2. The Director may require that person to—

  3. provide any information the Director considers relevant to the inspection or audit:
    1. demonstrate his or her familiarity, or the familiarity of port personnel, with procedures essential for ensuring maritime safety or preventing marine pollution:
      1. demonstrate that any operational, maintenance, or servicing procedure that may affect maritime safety or the marine environment is capable of being carried out in a competent manner.
        1. Every person commits an offence who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with any requirement of the Director under this section.

        2. A person who commits an offence against subsection (3) is liable,—

        3. in the case of an individual, to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued:
          1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000 and, if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding $20,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence is continued:
            1. in any case, to an additional penalty under section 409.
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              Notes
              • Section 33T: inserted, on , by section 7 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).