Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsSection 52 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:
52 Owner or master to furnish details of crew of ship
(1) The owner or master of a ship to which this Part applies shall, at such times as are prescribed and in accordance with the prescribed form or in a form approved by the Minister by instrument in writing, furnish to a superintendent at a port such details of, and such details of changes in, the crew of the ship as are required by the form to be furnished.
(2) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection ( 1) in relation to a ship to which this Part applies, the owner and the master of the ship are each guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding:
(a) in the case of an offence by a natural person--$500; or
(b) in the case of an offence by a body corporate--$1,000.