Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541:body:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023L01541
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 20687–23275

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 plate when a vessel is at sea otherwise than in accordance with the direct order of the master under subsection (2).
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.

16 Openings to be kept closed at sea
       (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that each of the following vessel openings is closed watertight and secured before the vessel leaves each berth or anchorage:
(a) a watertight door in a watertight bulkhead separating cargo spaces or separating a cargo space from a passenger space;
(b) a watertight door that does not comply with paragraphs 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 6 of regulation 13 of Chapter II-1 of SOLAS;
(c) a sidescuttle that is below the freeboard deck;
(d) a sidescuttle that is not accessible while the vessel is at sea, and its deadlights;
(e) a gangway port, cargo port or coaling port or similar side opening below the margin line, or below the freeboard deck in a vessel.
Penalty 50 penalty units
       (2) A person must not open a vessel opening mentioned in subsection (1) when the vessel is at sea.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a strict liability offence.
       (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

17 Closure of cargo loading doors etc.
       (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that the following items (each of which is an applicable item) are closed and secured before a vessel starts a voyage:
(a) any cargo loading door in the shell or the boundary of an enclosed superstructure;
(b) any bow visor fitted in the shell or the boundary of an enclosed superstructure;
(c) any cargo loading door in the collision bulkhead;
(d) any weather-tight ramp forming an alternative to an item mentioned in paragraph (a), (b) or (c).
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) A person must not unlock or open an applicable item, unless:
(a) the vessel is at berth; or
(b) the master of the vessel allows the door to be unlocked or opened in a circumstance to which subsection (3) applies.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b), the master of the vessel may allow:
(a) an applicable item