97Unsafe ships not to go to sea

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. Marine Act 1981 13 (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.