(1) A crew member of a ship is guilty of an offence if the crew member's act causes any harmful substance in packaged form to be jettisoned from the ship into State waters.: Maximum penalty--$55,000.
(2) A person involved in the operation or maintenance of a ship is guilty of an offence if the person's act causes any harmful substance in packaged form to be jettisoned from the ship into State waters.: Maximum penalty--(a) in the case of an individual--$55,000, or(b) in the case of a corporation--$275,000.
(3) In proceedings for an offence against this section in relation to a ship--(a) it is sufficient for the prosecution to allege and prove that--(i) a jettisoning of a harmful substance in packaged form occurred from a ship into State waters, and(ii) the crew member or person involved in the operation or maintenance of the ship committed an act that caused the jettisoning, but(b) it is a defence if it is proved that, by virtue of Division 3, this section does not apply in relation to the jettisoning.