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Marine Order 16 (Load lines) 2014

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 2
Compilation date: 1 January 2024

This compilation was prepared on 4 March 2024 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 12 — consequential changes) Order 2023
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Exemptions
8 Equivalents
Division 2 Certificates issued under the Navigation Act
Subdivision 2.1 Various matters about certificates
9 Certificates required
10 Applying for certificates
11 Commencement and duration of certificates
12 Variation of certificates
13 Criteria for the revocation of certificates
Subdivision 2.2 International Load Lines Certificates
14 Criteria for issue of an International Load Lines Certificate
15 Conditions on an International Load Lines Certificate
16 Endorsement on an International Load Lines Certificate
Subdivision 2.3 International Load Lines Exemption Certificates
17 Criteria for issue of an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate
18 Conditions on an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate
19 Endorsement on an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate
Division 3 Requirements for foreign vessels
20 Certificates required for foreign vessels
21 Requirements for foreign vessels
Division 4 Information requirements
22 Loading stress information
23 Stability information
Division 5 Vessels not to be overloaded
24 The meaning of overloaded
25 Appropriate load line
Division 6 Other matters
26 Entries to be made in the official logbook
27 Notifying alterations
28 Marking requirements for regulated Australian vessels
29 Minimum bow height
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
        This Order is Marine Order 16 (Load lines) 2014.

2 Purpose
        This Order:
(a) gives effect to the Load Lines Convention; and
(b) deals with certification of vessels for evidence of survey and compliance with the Load Lines Convention; and
(c) provides for the marking of vessels; and
(d) sets out the circumstances when a vessel is overloaded; and
(e) prescribes entries relating to load lines to be made in the official logbook of a regulated Australian vessel.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) section 98 which provides that the regulations may provide for safety certificates including giving effect to the Load Lines Convention;
(b) subsection 309(2) which provides that the regulations may provide for the keeping of logbooks;
(c) section 113 which provides that the regulations may provide for when a vessel is overloaded;
(d) section 314 which provides that the regulations may provide for matters relating to certificates;
(e) paragraph 340(1)(d) which provides that the regulations may provide for giving effect to the Load Lines Convention;
(f) subsection 341(1) which provides that the regulations may provide for the imposition