Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

COASTAL TRADING (REVITALISING AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING) ACT 2012 - SECT 83

    A person contravenes this section if:

  (a)   the person is:

  (i)   the owner, charterer, master or agent of a vessel; or

  (ii)   a shipper in relation to a vessel; and

  (b)   the vessel is used to engage in coastal trading; and

  (c)   the vessel is not authorised by a licence to be used to engage in coastal trading; and

  (d)   neither of the following apply:

  (i)   the vessel is not subject to an exemption under section   11;

  (ii)   the person is not subject to an exemption under section   11.

Civil penalty:

  (a)   for an individual--300 penalty units; and

  (b)   for a body corporate--1,500 penalty units.