3. Amendment of section 41

In the MPA Act, in section 41 —

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (e) with —“(e)the information to be supplied by the masters, owners, agents and other persons in respect of —

vessels arriving in and departing from the port; and

for the purposes of Part 13B, any computer or computer system used on or in relation to such vessels,and the time and manner in which such information must be supplied;”;

in subsection (1)(ic) (as inserted by section 13(b)), after “within the limits of the port and the approaches to the port”, insert “, which includes information (for the purposes of Part 13B) on any computer or computer system used on or in relation to the maritime device”; and

replace subsection (2) with —“(2) Regulations made under this section may provide —

that any contravention of any specified provision of the regulations shall be an offence;

for penalties not exceeding a fine of $20,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or both for each offence; and

in the case of a continuing offence, for a further penalty not exceeding a fine of $2,000 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.”.