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Marine Order 16 (Load Lines) 2014

No longer in force

Administered by

Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts

This item is authorised by the following title:

Navigation Act 2012

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F2024C00339 C02

01 January 2024 - 31 August 2025

Table of contents

Division 1 Preliminary
Division 2 Certificates issued under the Navigation Act
Division 3 Requirements for foreign vessels
- 20 Certificates required for foreign vessels
- 21 Requirements for foreign vessels
Division 4 Information requirements
- 22 Loading stress information
- 23 Stability information
(1) The master of a foreign vessel must not take the vessel to sea if the stability information mentioned in paragraph (3) of Regulation 10 of Annex I to the Load Lines Convention is not on board the vessel. Penalty: 50 penalty units. (2) The stability information must be approved by the Administration of the country in which the vessel is registered. Note For a vessel to which SOLAS does not apply, paragraph (3) of Regulation 10 of Annex I requires approved stability information to be on board for use of the master. For a vessel to which SOLAS does apply, regulation 5 of Chapter II-1 details weight survey, inclining test and stability information requirements. (3) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence. (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1). Civil penalty: 50 penalty units Division 5 Vessels not to be overloaded
- 24 The meaning of overloaded
- 25 Appropriate load line
Division 6 Other matters