206DPassenger steamships—safety certificates

#### 206D Passenger steamships—safety certificates (1) Where, on receipt of declarations of survey in respect of a steamship registered in Australia, the Authority is satisfied that the ship complies with the requirements of this Act that relate to the construction, equipment and machinery of passenger steamships engaged on international voyages, other than short international voyages, or with such of those requirements as are requirements from which it does not propose to exempt the ship, it may issue in respect of the ship, in the prescribed form, a passenger ship safety certificate. (2) Where, on receipt of declarations of survey in respect of a steamship registered in Australia, the Authority is satisfied that the ship complies with the requirements of this Act that relate to the construction, equipment and machinery of passenger steamships engaged on short international voyages, or with such of those requirements as are requirements from which it does not propose to exempt the ship, it may issue in respect of the ship, in the prescribed form, a passenger ship short voyage safety certificate. (3) If, after the survey of a steamship registered in Australia that is carried out by or on behalf of a survey authority, the survey authority is satisfied that the ship complies with: (a) the requirements of this Act that relate to the construction, equipment and machinery of passenger steamships engaged on international voyages, other than short international voyages; or (b) such of those requirements as are requirements from which the Authority has not exempted the ship; the survey authority may issue a passenger ship safety certificate in respect of the ship in the prescribed form. (4) If, after the survey of a steamship registered in Australia that is carried out by or on behalf of a survey authority, the survey authority is satisfied that the ship complies with: (a) the requirements of this Act that relate to the construction, equipment and machinery of passenger steamships engaged on short international voyages; or (b) such of those requirements as are requirements from which the Authority has not exempted the ship; the survey authority may issue a passenger ship short voyage safety certificate in respect of the ship in the prescribed form.