74Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law and State laws prevail in certain circumstances

74 Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law and State laws prevail in certain circumstances

(1)  In this section –

Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law has the same meaning as given by section 4 of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Act 2013 .

(2)  Regulations, and orders made under section 73 , giving effect to Annex I, II, III, IV or V to the Convention do not apply in relation to a ship that is not a regulated Australian vessel, when the ship is in a particular area, so far as –

(a) a provision of the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law gives effect to that Annex in relation to that ship when it is in that area; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply, a provision of another law of this State gives effect to that Annex in relation to that ship when it is in that area.