Section 54 Offences relating to restricted use authority

(1) A person must not operate a Queensland regulated ship the subject of a restricted use authority for a use other than the use stated in the conditions of the authority.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(2) Each of the following persons must comply with the conditions of a restricted use authority for a Queensland regulated ship—

(a) the holder of the authority;

(b) a person operating the ship as its master;

(c) a person acting as a crew member of the ship.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(3) The holder of a restricted use authority for a Queensland regulated ship must not operate, or allow someone else to operate, the ship unless—

(a) the document evidencing the authority or a copy of it—

(i) is carried on the ship while it is operating; and

(ii) if it reasonably practical to do so, is displayed in a conspicuous place on the ship and in a way that allows it to be read by anyone on board; and

(b) the holder tells a person who is to operate the ship as its master, or to act as a crew member of the ship—

(i) how the ship may be operated under the authority; and

(ii) the conditions to which the authority is subject.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) A person must not purport to operate a ship in accordance with a restricted use authority unless it is the Queensland regulated ship for which the authority was granted.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.

(5) The holder of a restricted use authority for a Queensland regulated ship must not allow someone else to purport to operate any other ship in accordance with the authority.

Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.