21Evidence of crewing

21 Evidence of crewing

(1) Where: (a) a grant (other than a grant under subsection 8(6)) has been paid in respect of a ship; (b) the whole or part of the grant has not been repaid under section 26; and (c) on each voyage of the ship during a grant year or a part of a grant year ending not later than 5 years after the payment of the grant: (i) the number of the crew did not exceed the maximum crew number for the voyage; and (ii) all members of the ship’s crew were Australian residents or members in accordance with an approval under subsection 22(7); the owner of the ship shall, in April following each such grant year or part of a grant year, lodge with the Secretary a certificate in the approved form certifying the matters referred to in paragraph (c). (2) Where a person has lodged a certificate under subsection (1) in relation to the voyages of a ship, the person shall, if requested in writing by the Secretary to submit particulars of those voyages and of the crew of the ship on those voyages, comply with the request. (3) Where a grant has been paid under subsection 8(6) in respect of a ship, the shipowner must, within one month after the end of: (a) the period of a year starting when the grant was paid; and (b) each of the next 2 years; lodge a written report with the Secretary relating to the year. (4) The report must: (a) be in the approved form; and (b) state whether or not the ship was operated at any time during the year concerned with a different number of crew from the number of the first crew engaged for the ship after the modification concerned; and (c) include such information relating to any period during which the ship was so operated with a different number of crew as is required by the form. (5) In this section:

part of a grant year means:

(a) the period beginning with the making of the grant and ending with the start of the first complete grant year after the making of the grant; and
(b) the period beginning immediately after the end of the last complete grant year to end before the fifth anniversary of the making of the grant and ending on that fifth anniversary.