Navigation Act 1912
267ZMCertificates required for Australian ships
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267ZM Certificates required for Australian ships
(1) The master of an Australian ship to which this Division applies shall not take that ship to sea unless a sewage certificate is in force in respect of that ship.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.
(2) The owner of an Australian ship to which this Division applies shall not permit that ship to be taken to sea unless a sewage certificate is in force in respect of that ship.
Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.
(3) The regulations may exempt ships included in a prescribed class of ships from the application of subsections (1) and (2), either absolutely or subject to conditions.