113Requirement to carry an oil record book

113 Requirement to carry an oil record book

113 Requirement to carry an oil record book

(1) The master and the owner of a prescribed ship are each guilty of an offence if the ship does not carry on board an oil record book that complies with this Division.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—$22,000, or

(b) in the case of a corporation—$110,000.

(2) In proceedings for an offence against this section in relation to a ship, it is sufficient for the prosecution to allege and prove that the ship is a prescribed ship and that it was in State waters without an oil record book that complies with this Division on board.

(3) In this section—

prescribed ship means—

(a) an oil tanker that has a gross tonnage of 150 or more, or

(b) a ship that has a gross tonnage of 400 or more.

Editor’s note.

See Regs 17.1 and 36.1 of Annex I of MARPOL.

s 113: Am 2021 No 8, Schs 1.1[49], 1.2[122] [123].