31Reporting by vessel that is nuclear vessel

31 Reporting by vessel that is nuclear vessel

(SOLAS, Chapter VIII, Regulation 7(b))

(1) The owner or master of a regulated Australian vessel to which Chapter VIII of SOLAS applies must provide to the government of a country that it is to visit a copy of the vessel's safety assessment sufficiently in advance before the arrival of the vessel.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

(2) The owner or master of a foreign vessel to which Chapter VIII of SOLAS applies must provide to AMSA a copy of the vessel's safety assessment sufficiently in advance before the arrival of the vessel in its first port in Australia.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

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

(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).

Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

Note Sufficiently in advance is taken to mean as soon as possible. This may be as soon as the vessel's voyage or routing plan identifying intended ports of call is determined but at least 12 months before arrival.