Navigation Act 2012
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(1) This Chapter deals with the safety of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels. (2) Part 2 deals with safety certificates for regulated Australian vessels and documentation for foreign vessels. It provides for offences and civil penalties that apply in relation to: (a) taking regulated Australian vessels to sea without safety certificates; and (b) taking foreign vessels to sea without appropriate documents. (3) Part 3 deals with offences and civil penalties for taking to sea an unseaworthy regulated Australian vessel or foreign vessel. (4) Part 4 deals with passenger and cargo operations of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels, including in relation to: (a) overloading (Division 3); and (b) loading (Subdivision A of Division 4); and (c) dangerous goods (Subdivision B of Division 4). (5) Part 5 deals with the carrying out of musters and drills on regulated Australian vessels, foreign vessels, domestic commercial vessels and recreational vessels.