Navigation Act 2012
310Offences relating to content of official logbook
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310 Offences relating to content of official logbook
(1) A person must not: (a) destroy or mutilate a vessel’s official logbook or an entry in such a logbook; or (b) render such an entry illegible; or (c) make or sign an entry in a vessel’s official logbook, knowing that the entry is false or fraudulent; or (d) omit to make an entry in a vessel’s official logbook, knowing that the omission will result in the logbook being false or fraudulent. Fault‑based offence (2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.
Civil penalty (3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 600 penalty units.