Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00871:reg:21
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013L00871
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 21
Character Range: 165952–167987

21  Alterations
       21.1The owner of a vessel may permit an alteration mentioned in Article 15 of the Load Lines Convention to be made to the vessel only if:
(a) the owner applies for approval in writing to the assigning authority for the existing load line certificate, stating the nature of the alteration proposed; and
(b) the assigning authority approves the proposed alteration; and
(c) the alteration is in accordance with any conditions mentioned in the approval.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       21.2An offence against subsection 22.1 is a strict liability offence.
       21.3A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection 22.1.
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

[15] After section 22
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22A Meaning of overloaded
       22A.1For paragraph 113(a) of the Navigation Act, this section sets out the circumstances in which a vessel is overloaded.
       22A.2A vessel is overloaded if the appropriate load line would be submerged if the vessel were floating without a list in still salt water of a specific gravity of 1.025.
       22A.3A vessel is overloaded if:
(a) it is engaged on, or is about to engage on, a voyage during which a load line other than the appropriate load line would, at some later time during the voyage, become the appropriate load line (the second load line); and
(b) the second load line would be submerged if the vessel were floating without a list in still salt water of a specific gravity of 1.025 and the fuel and other material that would normally be consumed or discharged before the second load line became the appropriate load line were unloaded from the vessel.
       22A.4A vessel is overloaded if:
(a) it is a passenger vessel; and
(b) the appropriate subdivision load line would be submerged if the vessel were floating without a list in still salt water of a specific gravity of 1.025.
       22A.5For this section, the appropriate load line or appropriate subdivision load line is determined in accordance with section 23.

[16] Section 23
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