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23 Duty of persons relating to safety of persons on domestic commercial vessels, etc.

(1) A person embarking on, on board or disembarking from a domestic commercial vessel must take reasonable care for his or her own safety.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person contravenes that subsection if the person prevents or restricts the master of the vessel from making or implementing a decision that, in the professional opinion of the master, is necessary for the safety of the person.

(3) A person must take reasonable care that his or her acts and omissions do not adversely affect the safety of another person if that other person:

(a) is on board a domestic commercial vessel; or

(b) is taking an action connected with a domestic commercial vessel.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3), a person contravenes that subsection if the person prevents or restricts the master of the vessel from making or implementing a decision that, in the professional opinion of the master, is necessary for the safety of another person referred to in that subsection.