120Inspection of provisions and water

#### 120 Inspection of provisions and water (1) The Authority may, in any case where it thinks it necessary or desirable so to do, authorize an official to inspect the provisions and water which are on a ship at a port in Australia and are intended for the use of the crew of the ship. (2) If the person so inspecting finds that the provisions or water are not of good quality, the ship shall be detained until provisions or water are supplied to the satisfaction of that person. (3) If any provisions or water are found deficient in quality under this section, the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court: (a) that the finding of the inspecting official was not justified; or (b) that the responsibility for the defects in the provisions or water rests upon some other person. Penalty: $1,000. (4) The owner of any ship, or the agent of the owner, or any other person, supplying or causing to be supplied provisions or water which are afterwards found deficient under this section shall be guilty of an offence unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court: (a) that the provisions or water were not deficient when supplied; or (b) that when the provisions or water were supplied he or she did not know and had no reasonable cause to believe that they were deficient in quality, and had taken reasonable precautions to ascertain that they were not so deficient. Penalty: $1,000.