Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357:clause:3_220
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004C00357
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 3 cl 220
Character Range: 129230–130917

220  Interpretation
Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (4) the following subsections:

 (4A) Where, in pursuance of articles of agreement, a person becomes a member of the crew of a ship, he shall, until he ceases to be a member of the crew of the ship, be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to belong to the ship.

 (4B) A person who, in pursuance of articles of agreement, ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of a ship shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to cease to belong to the ship and does not again belong to the ship until he again becomes a member of the crew of the ship.

 (4C) A person who, in pursuance of articles of agreement, ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of a ship shall not be taken to have been discharged from the ship.

221
Section 52 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

       52  Owner or master to furnish details of crew of ship

 (1) The owner or master of a ship to which this Part applies shall, at such times as are prescribed and in accordance with the prescribed form or in a form approved by the Minister by instrument in writing, furnish to a superintendent at a port such details of, and such details of changes in, the crew of the ship as are required by the form to be furnished.

 (2) Where there is a failure to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a ship to which this Part applies, the owner and the master of the ship are each guilty of an offence punishable upon conviction by a fine not exceeding:
 (a) in the case of an offence by a natural person—$500; or
 (b) in the case of an offence by a body corporate—$1,000.