Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) There must be displayed, on board a ship of 12 metres or more in length, one or more placards notifying the crew and passengers of the kinds of garbage that may, or may not, be discharged from the ship, and the conditions to which any such discharge is subject, under section 26F.
(2) If the ship is an Australian ship, the placard or each placard must be written in the working language of the crew of the ship.
(3) If the ship is a foreign ship that is engaged on a voyage to an Australian port or to an Australian offshore terminal:
(a) the placard or each placard must be written in the working language of the crew of the ship; and
(b) if the working language of the crew of the ship is not English, French or Spanish--the placard or each placard must also be written in English, French or Spanish.
(4) If a placard required under this section to be displayed on a ship is not so displayed, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(5) An offence against subsection (4) is an offence of strict liability.