13Berthing charges

13 Berthing charges

13 Berthing charges

(1) An owner of a vessel who is required to pay a berthing charge must, within 24 hours of the charge first becoming payable due to the berthing of the vessel at a wharf, dolphin or buoy, give the relevant port authority the following information—

(a) the owner’s name and address,

(b) the name of the vessel,

(c) the wharf, dolphin or buoy at which the charge first became payable,

(d) the gross tonnage of the vessel,

(e) for a fishing vessel—the length of the vessel,

(f) for a ferry that is not a vehicular ferry—the number of passengers the ferry is authorised by law to carry,

(g) for a ferry is a vehicular ferry—a statement that the ferry is a vehicular ferry,

(h) the time and date of the berthing of the vessel at the wharf, dolphin or buoy.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.

(2) An owner of a vessel who is required to pay a berthing charge must, within 24 hours after the berthing charge ceases to be payable, give the relevant port authority written notice.

Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.