269AReport of dangers to navigation

#### 269A Report of dangers to navigation (1) The master of a ship to which Part II applies commits an offence if: (a) the master meets with, or is informed of, any serious danger to navigation on or near his or her course; and (b) the master does not, at the earliest practicable time: (i) send out to ships in the vicinity, by all means of communication at his or her disposal, the prescribed safety signal, followed by a message (the danger message) conveying such information as is prescribed; and (ii) make a report to shore to such a person, and in such a manner, as is prescribed. Penalty: 200 penalty units. (2) The reference in subsection (1) to a serious danger to navigation includes, but is not limited to, any of the following: (a) dangerous ice; (b) a dangerous derelict; (c) a tropical storm; (d) sub‑freezing air temperature associated with gale force winds causing severe ice accretion on superstructures; (e) winds of force 10 on the Beaufort scale for which no storm warning has been received. (3) Subsection (1) does not apply where compliance with that subsection would interfere with the transmission of a signal of distress. (4) The transmission, under this section, of danger messages respecting ice, derelicts or other dangers to navigation is to be free of cost to the ships concerned.