Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541:body:0:p8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 18244–20896

24 May 2005.
       (4) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

Foreign vessels
       (6) The owner of a foreign vessel must ensure that there is carried on the vessel, at all times, a towing and mooring arrangement plan that complies with the law of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (7) An offence against subsection (6) is a strict liability offence.
       (8) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (6).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Division 3 Other safety measures

14 Watertight doors
       (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that each watertight door is closed while the vessel is at sea, unless:
(a) it is necessary for the door to be open for the working of the vessel; or
(b) the door is opened and closed for testing in accordance with section 20.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) However, paragraphs (1)(a) and (b) do not apply:
(a) for a vessel constructed on or after 1 January 2020 — except in a case of urgent necessity, to a Category D watertight door, within the meaning of the Annex to IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ. 1564 Revised guidance for watertight doors on passenger ships which may be opened during navigation, as approved on 16 July 2017, or as revised or replaced from time to time; or
(b) for a vessel constructed before 1 January 2020 — to a category D watertight door, within the meaning of the Annex to IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ. 1380 Guidance for Watertight Doors on Passenger Ships Which May be Opened During Navigation, as approved on 10 December 2010.
Note   For guidance on the application of subsections (1) and (2), see the relevant instrument mentioned in this subsection.
       (3) The master must ensure that the area around the doorway of a watertight door is unobstructed.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4) An offence against subsection (1) or (3) is a strict liability offence.
       (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (3).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

15 Portable plates
       (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that, before each voyage starts, any portable plate over an opening in the internal watertight structure of a vessel is fitted.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) The master of a vessel may order the removal of a portable plate when a vessel is at sea if the master considers that the removal of the plate is an urgent necessity.
       (3) A person must not remove a portable