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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
66Offence—person performing duties or functions without a certificate of competency
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#### 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.