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subclause (5) are met if the vessel has the following manuals from NSCV Part F1C:
(a) a craft operating manual mentioned in clause 3.10.1; and
(b) a maintenance and servicing manual mentioned in clause 3.10.2: and
(c) a route operational manual mentioned in clause 5.5.

12 Emergency preparedness
      (1) Subclauses (4) to (6) do not apply to a Class 4 vessel and paragraphs (4)(a) to (c) and subclause (5) do not apply to a lower complexity vessel.
Note   For additional emergency preparedness requirements for Class 4 vessels — see clause 4 of Schedule 2.
      (2) The owner of the vessel must ensure that an emergency plan is:
(a) recorded in writing; and
(b) kept on board the vessel so that it is readily accessible; and
(c) if an increased risk is identified by a review of the risk assessment — changed to eliminate or minimise that risk so far as is reasonably practicable.
      (3) The emergency plan must include a procedure for responding to each of the following situations if relevant to the vessel and its operation:
(a) fire;
(b) a person overboard or unaccountably missing;
(c) a personal injury or other medical emergency;
(d) master incapacitated;
(e) loss of steering;
(f) loss of propulsion;
(g) vessel collision;
(h) vessel grounding;
(i) vessel flooding;
(j)  oil or fuel spill;
(k) adverse weather or water conditions;
(l) any other circumstance identified by the risk assessment that might require an emergency response.
Example   The risk of fire is unlikely to apply to an unpowered kayak.
      (4) The emergency plan must identify the following:
(a) at least one assembly station (primary assembly station) for all persons on board;
(b) if stated as practicable in the vessel's risk assessment — an alternative to any primary assembly station that becomes unusable or inaccessible during an emergency;
(c) arrangements for the assigning of each crew member to an emergency station;
(d) a system, for use in an emergency, for the crew to record and confirm the presence of all persons on board.
      (5) If the vessel is carrying passengers — the owner of the vessel must ensure that the emergency plan provides that the following emergency information is to be placed in each assembly station, each passenger cabin and other areas frequented by passengers:
(a) the location of each assembly station;
(b) what passengers must do in an emergency;
(c) how passengers are to find, put on and secure lifejackets.
      (6) If the vessel is carrying passengers and operating with a master only — the owner of the vessel must ensure that the emergency plan provides for a laminated written or diagrammatic emergency safety procedure to be clearly displayed in a prominent position on board the