Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00871:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00871
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 154738–156354

6  Exemptions
       6.1A person may apply, in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2011, for an exemption of a vessel from a requirement of this Order.
       6.2 The decision maker for the application is the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration.
       6.3 The Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration may give an exemption only if he or she is satisfied that:
(a) compliance with the requirement would be unnecessary or unreasonable having regard to the vessel, its equipment and its intended voyage; and
(b) giving the exemption would not contravene:
 (i) this Order; or
 (ii) the Load Lines Convention.
       6.4An application for an exemption from a requirement of this Order must include any information that the Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration considers necessary.
Division 2  Requirements for vessels to which the Load Lines Convention applies

[6] Section 9
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[7] Section 11
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11 Strength of vessel
       11.1Freeboards may be assigned to a vessel in accordance with this Order only if the general structural strength of the vessel is sufficient for it to be loaded to the draughts corresponding to those freeboards.
       11.2A vessel built and maintained in accordance with the requirements of a recognised organisation of the country of registration of the vessel is taken to have sufficient general structural strength.
Note   Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2011 contains a list of recognised organisations.

[8] Section 14
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Division 3 Requirements for vessels to which the Load Lines Convention does not apply