66Offence—person performing duties or functions without a certificate of competency

66 Offence—person performing duties or functions without a certificate of competency

(1) A person commits an offence if: (a) the person performs duties or functions in relation to a domestic commercial vessel; and (b) the regulations require the person to hold a certificate of competency of a particular kind in order to perform those duties or functions; and (c) the person does not hold a certificate of competency of that kind; and (d) the person is not exempt from the requirement to hold a certificate of competency of that kind (see section 143).

Penalty: 60 penalty units.

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.