13Particulars of master to be endorsed on registration certificate of ship leaving Australia or foreign port

13 Particulars of master to be endorsed on registration certificate of ship leaving Australia or foreign port (1) A registered ship may: (a) depart from an Australian port to a place outside Australia; or (b) depart from a foreign port at which there is a proper officer to Australia or any other foreign port; only if there is endorsed on the registration certificate in relation to each person who is, for the time being, authorized to be the master of the ship: (c) the name and address of the person; and (d) where, under the Navigation Act, the person is required to be the holder of a certificate of competency, the number of that certificate. (2) If a ship departs from a port and fails to comply with subregulation (1), the owner and master of the ship are each guilty of an offence. (2A) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability. (3) An endorsement for the purposes of subregulation (1) must not be made or cancelled, as the case may be, unless: (a) there is lodged with the Registrar or, where the registered ship is at a foreign port at which there is a proper officer, with the proper officer: (i) the registration certificate; and (ii) a request in writing to that intent duly signed by the registered agent or master of the ship; and (b) where the request is signed by the master of the ship, there is produced to the Registrar or the proper officer, for noting, documentary evidence of the appointment of the master. (4) A document mentioned in subregulation (3) is taken to be lodged if: (a) for lodgment with the Registrar: (i) the document is lodged in the manner mentioned in paragraph 5 (a); or (ii) the document, addressed to the Registrar, is received at a prescribed office; and (b) for lodgment with a proper officer — the document, addressed to the proper officer, is received at the office of the proper officer; and (c) the charge for processing the document mentioned in a determination made under subsection 47 (1) of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 is paid.