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Navigation Act 2012
66Medicines etc. must be carried on vessels—owner
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#### 66 Medicines etc. must be carried on vessels—owner
(1) The owner of a vessel must not take the vessel to sea, or cause or permit the vessel to be taken to sea, unless the vessel is provided, in accordance with the regulations, with:
(a) medicines, medical and surgical stores and appliances and antiscorbutics; and
(b) instructions for dispensing and using medicines, medical and surgical stores and appliances and antiscorbutics.
Fault‑based offence
(2) A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 100 penalty units.
Civil penalty
(3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 1,000 penalty units.