Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to an Australian ship that:
(a) has a gross tonnage of 100 or more; or
(b) is certified to carry 15 persons or more.
(2) There must be kept on board a ship to which this section applies a garbage management plan written in the working language of the crew of the ship.
(3) A garbage management plan must:
(a) be in accordance with the prescribed form; and
(b) set out the procedures for minimising, collecting, storing, processing and discharging garbage, including the use of the equipment on board the ship for carrying out those procedures; and
(c) designate the person or persons who are in charge of carrying out the plan.
(4) Subsection (3) does not prevent other relevant particulars from being included in the garbage management plan.
(5) If a ship to which this section applies does not have on board a garbage management plan, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.