Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00459:section:8
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00459
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 8
Character Range: 7456–8135

8  Certain provisions of Convention to have the force of law
 (1) The following provisions of the Convention have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth: Articles I to VI (inclusive), paragraphs 1, 8 and 9 of Article VII, Article VIII, paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article IX, Article XII bis (other than paragraph (b)), paragraph 1 of Article XI.
 (2) For the purposes of paragraph 1 of Article VII of the Convention as so having the force of law, that paragraph shall be treated as requiring the owner of a ship referred to in that paragraph, being a ship registered in Australia, to maintain the insurance or other financial security referred to in that paragraph.