Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The owner and master of any ship visiting a port must ensure that a completed ballast water report form is provided to the Authority in accordance with the requirements of the protocol.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) The owner and master of a ship visiting a port and carrying domestic ballast water must ensure that a completed ballast water log is provided to the Authority in accordance with the requirements of the protocol.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of sub-regulations (1) and (2), the Authority must ensure that the ballast water report form and the ballast water log are available in both paper and electronic forms.
(4) In relation to a ship, the Authority may exempt a ship's owner and master from the need to comply with the reporting requirements of sub-regulations (1) and (2) if that ship is the subject of a current domestic ballast water accreditation agreement.
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