Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00138:clause:2_21a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2006A00138
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 2 cl 21A
Character Range: 17498–18663

21A  Procedures and Arrangements Manual

 (1) The master and the owner of an Australian ship each commit an offence if:
 (a) a chemical tanker construction certificate under Division 12A of Part IV of the Navigation Act 1912 is in force in respect of the ship; and
 (b) the ship does not have on board a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in English.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

 (2) The master and the owner of a foreign ship each commit an offence if:
 (a) a chemical tanker construction certificate under Division 12A of Part IV of the Navigation Act 1912 is in force in respect of the ship; and
 (b) the ship does not have on board:
 (i) a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in the official language, or one of the official languages, of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and
 (ii) if none of those languages is English, Spanish or French—a translation of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual into one of those languages.

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

 (3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.