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line) during the voyage; and
 (ii) 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.
Note   The fuel and other material that would normally be consumed or discharged before the second load line became the appropriate load line may be taken into account.
       (3) A passenger vessel is overloaded if 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.
       (4) For this section, the appropriate load line or appropriate subdivision load line is determined in accordance with section 25.

25 Appropriate load line
       (1) For a regulated Australian vessel to which the Load Lines Convention applies, or would apply if engaged on an international voyage, the appropriate load line is the load line marked on the vessel, in accordance with the Load Lines Convention, that applies to the season of the year and the zone in which the vessel is located.
       (2) For a foreign vessel, the appropriate load line is:
(a) if the Load Lines Convention applies — the load line marked on the vessel, in accordance with the Load Lines Convention, that applies to the season of the year and the zone in which the vessel is located; or
(b) if the Load Lines Convention does not apply:
 (i) if the vessel is marked in accordance with the Load Lines Convention — the load line that applies to the season of the year and the zone in which the vessel is located; or
 (ii) if the vessel is marked in any other manner — the load line that is required by the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered or, if that load line cannot be ascertained, the lowest load line marked on the vessel.
       (3) For a passenger vessel, the appropriate subdivision load line is:
(a) if only 1 subdivision load line is marked on the vessel — that subdivision load line; or
(b) the lowest subdivision load line, if:
 (i) more than 1 subdivision load line is marked on each side of the vessel; and
 (ii) passengers are at any time being carried in the spaces mentioned for a subdivision load line in a certificate, mentioned in subsection (5), for the vessel; or
(c) the subdivision load line approved by:
 (i) for a regulated Australian vessel — an issuing body;
 (ii) for a foreign vessel — the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered.
       (4) For a regulated Australian vessel not mentioned in subsection (1), the appropriate load line is the design waterline corresponding to the maximum full load