14ACriteria for issue of certificates — non Load Lines Convention vessels

14A Criteria for issue of certificates — non Load Lines Convention vessels

 14A.1 For sections 103 and 104 of the Navigation Act, a regulated Australian vessel to which the Load Lines Convention does not apply must have an Australian load line certificate in accordance with Form 3 in Schedule 2.

 14A.2 For subsection 99(1) of the Navigation Act, an Australian load line certificate is a safety certificate.

Note    It is an offence under sections 103 and 104 of the Navigation Act if a vessel is taken to sea without a certificate of a specified kind in force for the vessel.

 14A.3 For paragraph 100(1)(b) of the Navigation Act, the criteria for the issue of an Australian load line certificate are that:

(a) the vessel is surveyed in accordance with section 21 and found to comply with the conditions of assignment applicable to the vessel; and

(b) the vessel complies with the relevant requirements of section 7 of the USL Code.

 14A.4 An Australian load line certificate must specify a period of up to 5 years for which the certificate remains in force.