25Register of material handling equipment

25 Register of material handling equipment

(1) The master of a vessel must keep on the vessel an up-to-date register of material handling equipment belonging to the vessel.

(2) A competent person or responsible person who supervises or carries out tests, examinations, inspections, heat treatment or any maintenance, repair or replacement of components of material handling equipment must record particulars of the work in the register of material handling equipment.

(3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a strict liability offence.

(4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).

(5) A register of material handling equipment may be kept in any convenient form subject to the following conditions:

(a) the register must contain the information required by this Order;

(b) each entry must be clearly legible;

(c) each entry must be authenticated by the competent or responsible person supervising or carrying out the work mentioned in subsection (2).

Note A form of register is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.