Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The master of a regulated Australian vessel must keep an official logbook for the vessel in accordance with the regulations.
(2) The regulations may make provision in relation to the keeping of logbooks, including but not limited to the following:
(a) prescribing the entries that are to be made in a logbook and the circumstances in which those entries are to be made;
(b) prescribing the period within which entries are to be made in the logbook;
(c) requiring entries in the logbook to be signed.
Fault - based offence
(3) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty
(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.