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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
102Offence—not complying with requirement made under section 99
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#### 102 Offence—not complying with requirement made under section 99
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a requirement is made of the person:
(i) under section 99(2)(h) (to show, or demonstrate the operation of, machinery or equipment on a domestic commercial vessel); or
(ii) under section 99(2)(i) (to give a marine safety inspector the person’s name, the person’s residential address, the person’s date of birth or evidence of the person’s identity); or
(iii) under section 99(3) (to stop or manoeuvre a vessel, adopt or maintain a specified course or speed or take a vessel to a specified place); and
(b) the person fails to comply with the requirement.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the person has a reasonable excuse.
> Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matter in subsection (2) (see section 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code).
(3) A person commits an offence if:
(a) a requirement is made of the person under section 99(2)(i) to give a marine safety inspector the person’s name, the person’s residential address, the person’s date of birth or evidence of the person’s identity; and
(b) the person gives a name, address, date or evidence of the person’s identity; and
(c) the name, address, date or evidence is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(4) An offence against subsection (1) or (3) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.