206SCertificates required for Australian passenger steamships

#### 206S Certificates required for Australian passenger steamships (1) The master or owner of a passenger steamship registered in Australia shall not take the ship to sea, or permit the ship to be taken to sea, on an international voyage unless there is in force in respect of the ship: (a) a passenger ship safety certificate or, if the voyage is a short international voyage, a passenger ship short voyage safety certificate; and (b) a passenger certificate; and any exemption certificate in force in respect of the ship applies to the voyage. (2) The master or owner of a passenger steamship registered in Australia shall not take the ship to sea, or permit the ship to be taken to sea, on a voyage other than an international voyage unless: (a) there is in force in respect of the ship a certificate of survey appropriate to the voyage; or (b) the master of the ship would not, if the voyage were an international voyage, commit an offence against subsection (1) if he or she took the ship to sea on the voyage. Penalty: $10,000 or imprisonment for 4 years, or both.