Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person carries dangerous goods on board a vessel under a false description, or causes or permits dangerous goods to be carried on board a vessel under a false description; and
(b) if the vessel is a foreign vessel--at the time when the goods are carried, 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.