16Registration as seafarer recruitment and placement service

16 Registration as seafarer recruitment and placement service

(1) A seafarer recruitment and placement service may apply to AMSA for registration in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013.

(2) AMSA may register the seafarer recruitment and placement service.

(3) In deciding whether to register a seafarer recruitment and placement service, AMSA may consider the following matters:

(a) whether the person has been convicted of an offence against, or ordered to pay a civil penalty under, the Navigation Act;

(b) the requirements for seafarer recruitment and placement services mentioned in MLC regulation 1.4;

(c) any other matters that AMSA considers relevant.

(4) A seafarer recruitment and placement service may provide the service of recruiting seafarers for vessel owners or placing seafarers with vessels only if it is registered under subsection (2).

(5) An offence against subsection (4) is a strict liability offence.

(6) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (4).