sec.89Power to require production of documents

### sec.89 Power to require production of documents An authorised officer may require a person to produce to the officer for inspection a document required to be kept by the person— under this Act or the Marine Safety Act ; or under the Commonwealth Navigation Act or the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 (Cwlth) ; or under the domestic commercial vessel national law. The person must produce the document for inspection, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. The authorised officer may keep the document to make a copy of it. If the authorised officer makes a copy of the document, or an entry in the document, the officer may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry. The person responsible for keeping the document must comply with a requirement made under subsection (4) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy. s 89 amd 2001 No. 79 s 57 ; 2016 No. 3 s 72 (sec.89-ssec.1) An authorised officer may require a person to produce to the officer for inspection a document required to be kept by the person— under this Act or the Marine Safety Act ; or under the Commonwealth Navigation Act or the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 (Cwlth) ; or under the domestic commercial vessel national law. (sec.89-ssec.2) The person must produce the document for inspection, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.89-ssec.3) The authorised officer may keep the document to make a copy of it. (sec.89-ssec.4) If the authorised officer makes a copy of the document, or an entry in the document, the officer may require the person responsible for keeping the document to certify the copy as a true copy of the document or entry. (sec.89-ssec.5) The person responsible for keeping the document must comply with a requirement made under subsection (4) , unless the person has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—200 penalty units. (sec.89-ssec.6) The authorised officer must return the document to the person as soon as practicable after making the copy. - (a) under this Act or the Marine Safety Act ; or - (b) under the Commonwealth Navigation Act or the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 (Cwlth) ; or - (c) under the domestic commercial vessel national law.