Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983
21AProcedures and Arrangements Manual
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21A Procedures and Arrangements Manual
(1) The master and the owner of an Australian ship each commit an offence if: (a) a chemical tanker construction certificate under regulations made for the purposes of section 130 of the Navigation Act 2012 is in force in respect of the ship; and (b) the ship does not have on board a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in English.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2) The master and the owner of a foreign ship each commit an offence if: (a) a chemical tanker construction certificate under regulations made for the purposes of section 130 of the Navigation Act 2012 is in force in respect of the ship; and (b) the ship does not have on board: (i) a copy of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual written in the official language, or one of the official languages, of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly; and (ii) if none of those languages is English, Spanish or French—a translation of the Procedures and Arrangements Manual into one of those languages.
Penalty: 60 penalty units.
(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.