Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094:section:115
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 115
Character Range: 121750–122796

115  Carrying improperly labelled dangerous goods on a vessel
 (1) A person contravenes this subsection if:
 (a) the person carries dangerous goods on board, or causes or permits dangerous goods to be placed for carriage on board, a regulated Australian vessel or a foreign vessel; and
 (b) the outside of the package containing the goods is not distinctly marked with a correct description of the goods; and
 (c) if the vessel is a foreign vessel—at the time when the goods are carried or placed on board the vessel, the vessel is:
 (i) in an Australian port; or
 (ii) entering or leaving an Australian port; or
 (iii) in the internal waters of Australia; or
 (iv) in the territorial sea of Australia, other than in the course of innocent passage.

Fault‑based offence
 (2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty
 (3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.