Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an Australian ship that:
(a) is an oil tanker; or
(b) has a gross tonnage of 400 or more and is not an oil tanker.
(2) Every ship to which this section applies shall carry such oil record books as are required by the regulations to be carried on the ship.
(3) An oil record book shall be in accordance with the appropriate prescribed form with provision made for a signature, in accordance with subsection (6), in relation to each entry made in it and for a signature, in accordance with subsection (7), in relation to each page of it.
(4) Where a ship to which this section applies does not carry an oil record book as required by this section, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding 200 penalty units.
(4A) An offence under subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .
(5) Whenever a prescribed operation or prescribed occurrence is carried out or occurs in, or in relation to, a ship to which this section applies, the master of the ship shall cause appropriate entries to be made without delay in the ship's oil record book, being entries in accordance with subsection (6).
(6) An entry in a ship's oil record book:
(a) shall be made in the English language; and
(b) must be signed by the officer in charge of the prescribed operation or prescribed occurrence.
(7) Where a page of a ship's oil record book is completed, the master of the ship shall, without delay, sign the page.
Penalty for a contravention of this subsection: 200 penalty units.