200Demerit points—ship security plans

200 Demerit points—ship security plans

(1) The demerit points system may provide that the approval of a ship security plan may be cancelled if the number of demerit points prescribed by the regulations is accumulated in respect of the ship.

Note: Section 77 deals with the cancellation of the approval of ship security plans under the demerit points system.

(2) The demerit points system must only allow demerit points to be accumulated in respect of the ship if a ship operator: (a) is convicted or found guilty of an offence against section 62 or 63 in respect of the ship; or (b) under a scheme established under regulations made under section 187, pays a penalty to the Commonwealth as an alternative to prosecution for an offence against section 63 in respect of the ship. (3) Without limiting the scheme that may be established under section 198, the scheme may provide that different provisions apply to different kinds of ships or to different classes of ships within a kind of ship.