53Owner to make available information about conditions of employment

53 Owner to make available information about conditions of employment

(1) The regulations may prescribe: (a) information, in relation to the conditions of employment of the master and the seamen engaged on a ship, that the owner of the ship is required to make available to the master and seamen; and (b) the manner and form (including electronic form) in which the prescribed information is required to be made available. (2) The owner of a ship commits an offence if: (a) the owner is subject to a requirement under regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1); and (b) the owner, or a representative of the owner, engages in conduct; and (c) the conduct results in a contravention of the requirement.

Penalty: 5 penalty units.

(3) Strict liability applies to paragraph (2)(a).

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.