Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454:section:129
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00454
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 129
Character Range: 231888–232684

129  Prohibited items on board certain ships—strict liability
 (1) A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is on board a regulated Australian ship or a ship regulated as an offshore facility; and
 (b) the person:
 (i) carries a prohibited item; or
 (ii) otherwise has in his or her possession a prohibited item that is located at a place that is accessible to the person; and
 (c) the person is not a law enforcement officer, a maritime security guard or a maritime security inspector; and
 (d) the carriage or possession of the prohibited item is not authorised by the regulations or permitted in writing by the Secretary; and
 (e) the prohibited item is not under the control of the master of the ship.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
 (2) Subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.