Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00925:clause:3_26fc
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A00925
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 26FC
Character Range: 73387–74547

26FC  Shipboard waste management plan

 (1) This section applies to an Australian ship that:
 (a) has a gross tonnage of 400 or more; or
 (b) is certified to carry 15 persons or more.

 (2) There must be kept on board a ship to which this section applies a shipboard waste management plan written in the working language of the master of, and the officers on board, the ship.

 (3) A shipboard waste management plan must:
 (a) be in accordance with the prescribed form; and
 (b) set out the procedures for collecting, storing, processing and disposing of garbage, including the use of the equipment on board the ship for carrying out those procedures; and
 (c) designate the person who is in charge of carrying out the plan.

 (4) Subsection (3) does not prevent other relevant particulars from being included in the shipboard waste management plan.

 (5) If a ship to which this section applies does not have on board a shipboard waste management plan, the master and the owner of the ship each commit an offence punishable, on conviction, by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

 (6) An offence against subsection (5) is an offence of strict liability.