Div 5Duties of passengers

Division 5—Duties of passengers

21 Duty of passengers on domestic commercial vessels to take reasonable care for safety of persons, etc.

(1) A passenger on board a domestic commercial vessel must:

(a) take reasonable care for his or her safety; and

(b) comply with any reasonable and lawful directions of the master or a member of the crew of the vessel, if the passenger has been advised that non‑compliance may constitute an offence.

(2) A passenger on board a domestic commercial vessel must not interfere with or misuse anything provided on the vessel in the interests of the safety of the vessel.

(3) A passenger on board a domestic commercial vessel must not unreasonably place at risk the safety of another person.

(4) Without limiting subsection (1), a passenger on board a domestic commercial vessel contravenes that subsection if the passenger prevents or restricts the master of the vessel from making or implementing a decision that, in the professional opinion of the master, is necessary for the safety of a person or the vessel.

22 Offences relating to contraventions of section 21

(c) the person intends the act or omission to be a risk to the safety of a person or the domestic commercial vessel concerned.

(c) the person is reckless as to whether the act or omission is a risk to the safety of a person or the domestic commercial vessel concerned.

(c) the person is negligent as to whether the act or omission is a risk to the safety of a person or the domestic commercial vessel concerned.

(b) the act or omission contravenes section 21(1), (2) or (3).