Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The master of a regulated Australian vessel contravenes this subsection if:
(a) either:
(i) a person carried on the vessel gives birth to a child, dies or disappears; or
(ii) a seafarer is injured or contracts an illness that incapacitates him or her from the performance of his or her duty; and
(b) the master fails to do both of the following:
(i) record the occurrence in the vessel's official logbook together with such particulars with respect to the occurrence as are prescribed by the regulations;
(ii) as soon as practicable, give a report in writing in the approved form of the occurrence to a person prescribed by the regulations.
Fault - based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 180 penalty units.