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TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION ACT 2003 - SECT 19 Written reports within 72 hours
(1)
If a responsible person has knowledge of an immediately reportable matter
or a routine reportable matter, then the person must within 72 hours give a
written report of the matter (containing the particulars prescribed by the
regulations) to a nominated official.
Maximum penalty: 60 penalty units.
(2)
Subsection (1) does not apply if the person believes, on reasonable
grounds, that another responsible person has already given such a report to a
nominated official.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the
matter in subsection (2). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal
Code.
(3)
Subsection (1) does not apply if:
(a)
the person has already reported in writing on the matter under the
Navigation Act 1912 or the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of
Pollution from Ships) Act 1983; or
(b)
the person believes, on reasonable grounds, that another responsible
person has already reported in writing on the matter under either of those
Acts.
Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the
matter in subsection (3). See subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal
Code.