Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 (NO. 128, 2012) - SECT 90

             (1)  A person must not:

                     (a)  force onshore and leave behind at a place (whether within Australia or outside Australia) a seafarer of a regulated Australian vessel or a foreign vessel; or

                     (b)  otherwise cause such a seafarer to be left behind at such a place, either onshore or at sea.

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.