Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00971:body:0:p4
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penalty units.
       (6)An offence against subsection (5) is a strict liability offence.
       (7)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (5).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (8)The owner of a vessel must provide a vessel-specific introductory program and training to assist each newly employed seafarer in accordance with paragraph 1 of Section B–I/14 of the STCW Code.

9 Master responsibilities
       The master of a vessel must comply with paragraph 3 of Section B–I/14 of the STCW Code.

10 Newly assigned seafarer responsibilities
       (1)A seafarer who is newly assigned to a vessel must comply with paragraphs 4 and 5 of Section B–I/14 of the STCW Code.
       (2)Subsection (1) applies even if the seafarer was assigned to the vessel on a previous occasion.
Division 3 Standards for watchkeeping

11 Owner responsibilities for watchkeeping
       (1)The owner of a vessel must ensure that sections 12 to 17, if they apply to the vessel under section 5, are complied with for each seafarer assigned to the vessel.
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.

12 Minimum hours of rest
       (1)The minimum hours of rest for a seafarer must be:
(a) 10 hours in any 24 hours; and
(b) 77 hours in any 7 days.
       (2)The minimum hours of rest may be divided into 2 periods, of which 1 period must be at least 6 hours.
       (3)The interval between consecutive periods of rest must not exceed 14 hours.

13 Emergency or drill or other overriding operational conditions
       (1)This section applies in any of the following circumstances:
(a) an emergency, including:
 (i) a situation affecting the immediate safety of the vessel, persons on board or cargo; or
 (ii) giving assistance to other vessels or persons in distress at sea;
(b) if a drill is being conducted;
(c) essential shipboard work that:
 (i) cannot be delayed for safety or environmental reasons; and
 (ii) could not reasonably have been anticipated when the voyage started.
       (2)The master may:
(a) suspend the watch schedule; and
(b) personally perform any hours of work necessary while the circumstances exist; and
(c) require another seafarer to perform any hours of work necessary while the circumstances exist.
       (3)As soon as practicable after the circumstances end, the master must:
(a) if the master performed work in a scheduled rest period while the circumstances existed — take a compensatory rest period; and
(b) ensure that any other seafarer who performed work in a scheduled rest period while the circumstances existed is given a compensatory rest period.
       (4)If a seafarer's minimum hours of rest are disturbed by