Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00131:section:59b
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00131
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 59B
Character Range: 192384–193049

59B  Offence to navigate without a pilot
 (1) If a regulated ship navigates without a pilot in the compulsory pilotage area, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 500 penalty units.
Note: If a body corporate is convicted of an offence, subsection 4B(3) of the Crimes Act 1914 allows a court to impose a fine of an amount that is not greater than 5 times the maximum fine that could be imposed by a court on an individual convicted of the same offence.
 (2) An offence under subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.