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notice.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (9)An offence against subsection (8) is a strict liability offence.
       (10)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (8).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

17 Notice of fumigation of cargo holds
       If the master of a vessel intends to arrange for fumigation of any cargo hold when the vessel is in a port, the master must, within 72 hours before arriving in the port, give to AMSA the following information:
(a) the vessel's name;
(b) the vessel's IMO number;
(c) the year the vessel's keel was laid;
(d) the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly;
(e) the name of the vessel's agent;
(f) the name and contact details of the fumigator;
(g) when the vessel is expected to berth in, and depart from, the port;
(h) whether it is intended to be in-transit fumigation.
Note 1   There is a form for giving the notice on AMSA's website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 2   For information about fumigation — see Regulation 4 of Chapter VI of SOLAS and IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1264 Recommendations on the safe use of pesticides in ships applicable to the fumigation of cargo holds, as amended.

18 Information for master
       (1)Before the start of loading of solid bulk cargo onto a vessel at a port in Australia, the shipper of the cargo must give to the master or owner, in writing, the information mentioned in section 4.2 of the IMSBC Code.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2)The master or owner may allow solid bulk cargo to be loaded onto the vessel only if he or she has received the information in accordance with subsection (1).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3)The master or owner may allow dangerous goods in solid form in bulk to be loaded onto the vessel at a port in Australia only if he or she has the list or manifest mentioned in section 4.8.1 of the IMSBC Code for the goods.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4)If section 4.3 of the IMSBC Code requires material to be sampled and tested, the shipper must arrange for the material to be sampled and tested as required by the IMSBC Code and, if required by the IMSBC Code, for a certificate to be given to the master or owner of the vessel.
Note   The IMSBC Code sets out in more detail the kind of information that should be given by the shipper to the master or owner of the vessel and the methodology to be used.
       (5)The shipper must give to the master a statement that the chemical characteristics of the cargo are, to the best of the shipper's knowledge, those present when the vessel is loaded.
       (6)An offence