Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person causes or permits dangerous goods to be placed on board a vessel; and
(b) the person is not the owner or master of the vessel; and
(c) a description in writing of the goods, additional to the description contained in the ordinary shipping documents related to the vessel, is not given to the owner or master of the vessel at or before the time the goods are placed on board the vessel; and
(d) if the vessel is a foreign vessel--at the time when the goods are placed on board the vessel, the vessel is:
(i) in an Australian port; or
(ii) entering or leaving an Australian port; or
(iii) in the internal waters of Australia; or
(iv) in the territorial sea of Australia, other than in the course of innocent passage.
Fault - based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.