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or proceeding to a safe anchorage) is taken not to be on a voyage.

15 Cargo Securing Manual
[SOLAS VI/5]
       (1)The master of a vessel, other than a vessel carrying only passengers or only a bulk solid, liquid or gaseous cargo, must ensure that the vessel carries an approved Cargo Securing Manual prepared in accordance with the IMO Revised guidelines for the preparation of the cargo securing manual.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2)An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

16 Gross mass limit for packed freight containers
[SOLAS VI/5]
       (1)A person must not pack a freight container so that it is more than the maximum gross mass indicated on the Safety Approval Plate under Marine Order 44 (Safe containers) 2002.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2)An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

17 Unsafe or inadequate arrangements
       (1)For paragraph 112(5)(c) of the Act, AMSA may give written notice to a person if AMSA considers that:
(a) the person is responsible for the loading, stowage or carriage of cargo on the vessel; and
(b) any of the following apply:
 (i) the Cargo Securing Manual, the CSS Code or the TDC Code are not being complied with; or
 (ii) this Order is not being complied with; or
 (iii) the loading, stowage or carriage of cargo on the vessel is unsafe.
 (2) The notice may:
(a) prohibit loading, stowage or carriage of the cargo on the vessel; or
(b) require additional conditions to be met, either generally or for a particular vessel or a particular cargo; or
(c) require a cargo unit to be weighed so that its declared gross mass may be checked.
       (3)A person must comply with a notice given to the person under subsection (1).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4)An offence against subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.
       (5)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (3).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   It is an offence not to take proper precautions in loading a vessel — see section 114 of the Navigation Act.

18 Additional information
       If AMSA considers that the information available about a particular cargo does not show that the cargo can be loaded and carried on a vessel without danger to the vessel or any person on the vessel, AMSA may require additional information to be given to show that the cargo can be loaded and carried without danger.

19 Stowage of cargo on deck
       Cargo