Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 (NO. 128, 2012) - SECT 117

             (1)  A person contravenes this subsection if:

                     (a)  the person carries dangerous goods on board a vessel under a false description, or causes or permits dangerous goods to be carried on board a vessel under a false description; and

                     (b)  if the vessel is a foreign vessel--at the time when the goods are carried, the vessel is:

                              (i)  in an Australian port; or

                             (ii)  entering or leaving an Australian port; or

                            (iii)  in the internal waters of Australia; or

                            (iv)  in the territorial sea of Australia, other than in the course of innocent passage.

Fault-based offence

             (2)  A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Penalty:  Imprisonment for 12 months or 60 penalty units, or both.

Civil penalty

             (3)  A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).

Civil penalty:          600 penalty units.