sec.44Safety equipment obligation

### sec.44 Safety equipment obligation The owner or master of a ship must not operate a ship if— the ship is required by a regulation to be equipped with safety equipment; and the ship is not equipped with the safety equipment. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year. However, if the contravention of subsection (1) causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person, the owner or master commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. In this section— safety equipment means equipment that is declared by a regulation to be safety equipment to which this section applies. (sec.44-ssec.1) The owner or master of a ship must not operate a ship if— the ship is required by a regulation to be equipped with safety equipment; and the ship is not equipped with the safety equipment. Maximum penalty—500 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year. (sec.44-ssec.2) However, if the contravention of subsection (1) causes the death of, or grievous bodily harm to, a person, the owner or master commits an indictable offence and is liable to a maximum penalty of 5,000 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years. (sec.44-ssec.3) In this section— safety equipment means equipment that is declared by a regulation to be safety equipment to which this section applies. - (a) the ship is required by a regulation to be equipped with safety equipment; and - (b) the ship is not equipped with the safety equipment.