Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
(a) the person is the owner or master of a regulated Australian vessel or a foreign vessel; and
(b) the person permits or requires a seafarer or pilot to undertake or to continue duty on board the vessel; and
(c) the person knows that the capacity of the seafarer or pilot to perform those duties is impaired by the influence of alcohol or any other drug (whether medicinal or otherwise).
Strict liability offence
(2) A person commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .