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Marine Act 1981
97Unsafe ships not to go to sea
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97 Unsafe ships not to go to sea
(1) A person commits an offence if the person:
(a) sends a vessel to sea; and
(b) knows that the vessel is an unsafe ship.
(2) The master of a vessel commits an offence if the master:
(a) takes the vessel to sea; and
(b) knows that the vessel is an unsafe ship.
subsection (1) or (2) that:
(a) the person charged used all reasonable means to ensure that
the vessel was not an unsafe ship; or
(b) the sending or taking of the vessel to sea was, in the
circumstances, reasonable and justified.
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(4) The fact that an unsafe ship has been detained under section 186
is not a bar to proceedings under this section.
(5) In this section, sea includes Northern Territory waters.