16Maintenance of navigational equipment

16 Maintenance of navigational equipment

[SOLAS V/16]

(1) The master of a vessel must take all reasonable steps to have navigational equipment maintained in efficient working order.

(2) The owner of a vessel must ensure that spare parts and tools for repairs to navigational equipment fitted on the vessel are available on the vessel.

(3) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.

(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2).

(5) The spare parts and tools must be those that are recommended by the manufacturer of the navigational equipment.

(6) However, if the vessel is at a place where repair facilities are not available and a defect in navigational equipment is discovered on the vessel, the master of the vessel may, if agreed by AMSA, proceed to a port where repairs can take place.

(7) For subsection (6), the master of the vessel must ensure that the inoperative equipment or the unavailability of information is taken into account when planning and making the voyage to the port.