Commonwealth Numbered Acts Commonwealth Numbered Acts(1) The master of a regulated Australian vessel or a foreign vessel must not take the vessel to sea, or cause or permit another person to take the vessel to sea, if:
(a) the vessel is not supplied with:
(i) nautical charts (including charts in electronic form), of a suitable scale and properly corrected at the time of sailing; and
(ii) nautical publications;
necessary for use on the particular voyage; or
(b) the vessel is supplied with the charts and publications referred to in paragraph (a), but free access to them is not made available to seafarers involved in the navigation of the vessel.
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.