15When masters to report death

#### 15 When masters to report death (1) If, during the reporting period, a person on board an overseas vessel or overseas installation dies, the master of the vessel or installation must immediately give to a quarantine officer the name of the person and the date and the cause, or suspected cause, of the person’s death. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) For subregulation (1), the reporting period: (a) starts at the end of the period within which the master was required to give information to a quarantine officer under subsection 27A(2) or 27B(2) of the Act; and (b) ends when the vessel or installation leaves its last port of call before departure from Australia, Christmas Island or the Cocos Islands. (3) An offence under subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability. > Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.