Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00641:clause:1_206xh
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00641
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 206XH
Character Range: 35297–36164

206XH  Exemptions
 (1) The regulations may provide for the Authority to exempt a ship from a requirement of this Act that relates to the working and living conditions of seamen on board the ship and of the master of the ship.
 (2) The Authority may issue a certificate of exemption in respect of a ship specifying the requirement from which the ship is exempt and the conditions, if any, subject to which the ship is exempt.
 (3) A certificate of exemption must be in the prescribed form.
 (4) A certificate of exemption is not a legislative instrument.

Offence
 (5) The master and owner of a ship each commit an offence if:
 (a) a certificate of exemption under this section specifies conditions subject to which the ship is exempt from a requirement specified in the certificate; and
 (b) the conditions are not complied with.
Penalty:  Imprisonment for 4 years.