Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not represent that he or she holds a seafarer certificate of a particular kind if the representation is false.
Fault - based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 5 years or 300 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 3,000 penalty units.