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Shipping Registration Act 1981
69Unregistered ships not to leave foreign ports
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#### 69 Unregistered ships not to leave foreign ports
(1) Where an unregistered ship is at a foreign port at which there is a proper officer, the ship shall not depart from that port on a voyage unless and until a registration certificate or provisional registration certificate is granted in respect of the ship.
(2) The master and owner of a ship that departs from a foreign port in contravention of subsection (1) each commit an offence punishable upon conviction:
(a) if the offender is a natural person—by a fine not exceeding 20 penalty units; or
(b) if the offender is a body corporate—by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(2A) An offence under subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a prescribed ship, or ships included in a prescribed class of ships.