152Requirement for sewage pollution prevention certificate

152 Requirement for sewage pollution prevention certificate

152 Requirement for sewage pollution prevention certificate

(1) The master of a prescribed ship must not begin a voyage unless—

(a) there is a sewage pollution prevention certificate in force for the ship, and

(b) the sewage pollution prevention certificate complies with—

(i) the condition imposed by Regulation 4.7 of Annex IV of MARPOL, or

(ii) the conditions, if any, prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty—$11,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.

(2) The owner of a prescribed ship must not permit the ship to begin a voyage unless—

(a) there is a sewage pollution prevention certificate in force for the ship, and

(b) the sewage pollution prevention certificate complies with—

(i) the condition imposed by Regulation 4.7 of Annex IV of MARPOL, or

(ii) the conditions, if any, prescribed by the regulations.

Maximum penalty—

(a) in the case of an individual—$11,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both, or

(b) in the case of a corporation—$55,000.

(3) The owner of a prescribed ship in respect of which a sewage pollution prevention certificate is in force must ensure that the certificate is carried on board the ship.

Maximum penalty—$1,100.

(4) In this section—

prescribed ship means—

(a) a large ship on an overseas voyage, or

(b) a vessel required to carry a sewage pollution prevention certificate under the laws of another State or the Northern Territory, or

(c) a ship prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section.

sewage pollution prevention certificate means—

(a) if the prescribed ship is either a vessel on an overseas voyage with a gross tonnage of 400 or more or a vessel with a gross tonnage of less than 400 that is certified to carry more than 15 persons—an International Sewage Pollution Prevention Certificate issued—