Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00559:clause:1_23
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00559
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 23
Character Range: 70366–71433

23  Duty of persons relating to safety of persons on domestic commercial vessels, etc.
 (1) A person embarking on, on board or disembarking from a domestic commercial vessel must take reasonable care for his or her own safety.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person contravenes that subsection if the person prevents or restricts the master of the vessel from making or implementing a decision that, in the professional opinion of the master, is necessary for the safety of the person.
 (3) A person must take reasonable care that his or her acts and omissions do not adversely affect the safety of another person if that other person:
 (a) is on board a domestic commercial vessel; or
 (b) is taking an action connected with a domestic commercial vessel.
 (4) Without limiting subsection (3), a person contravenes that subsection if the person prevents or restricts the master of the vessel from making or implementing a decision that, in the professional opinion of the master, is necessary for the safety of another person referred to in that subsection.