Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The owner of a foreign vessel must not take the vessel to sea, or cause or permit another person to take the vessel to sea, if:
(a) the vessel is required by the regulations to have a certificate of a specified kind and such a certificate is not in force for the vessel; or
(b) if the vessel is not required by the regulations to have a certificate of a specified kind--other documentary evidence attesting that the vessel is seaworthy, issued by or on behalf of the country in which the vessel is or may be registered, is not in force.
Fault - based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years or 600 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 6,000 penalty units.