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Navigation Act 1912
133Medical practitioners and first aid attendants
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#### 133 Medical practitioners and first aid attendants
(1) The owner or master of every:
(a) ship proceeding on an overseas voyage; or
(b) other ship on a passage between 2 consecutive ports which exceeds such distance as is prescribed;
having 100 persons or upwards on board shall cause to be carried as part of its complement, a duly qualified medical practitioner.
(2) The owner or master of every:
(a) ship proceeding on an overseas voyage; or
(b) other ship on a passage between 2 consecutive ports which exceeds such distance as is prescribed;
having more than 10 and less than 100 persons on board, and not carrying a duly qualified medical practitioner as part of its complement, shall cause to be carried as part of its complement a person certified to by a Medical Inspector of Seamen or a prescribed authority as qualified to render “first aid”.
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for 12 months, or both.