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of Part B of the IS Code; or
 (ii) for a vessel constructed before 1 July 2010 — be substantially in accordance with Appendix 2 of Marine Orders – Part 12: Construction — Subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations, Issue 2 as in force on 31 December 2009; and
(b) for a regulated Australian vessel — show that any inclining experiment or lightship measurement was carried out in accordance with Annex 1 of the IS Code; and
(c) be approved:
 (i) for a regulated Australian vessel — by an issuing body; or
 (ii) for a foreign vessel — by the government of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.
       (3) If a stability instrument is used for stability calculations, the instrument must be used in accordance with Chapter 4 of Part B of the IS Code.
       (4) For subsection (3), a stability instrument is an instrument used to ascertain whether the stability requirements specified in the vessel's stability booklet mentioned in the IS Code are met.
Note   For the stability booklet, see Chapter 3 of Part B of the IS Code.
       (5) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (6) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

13 Towing and mooring arrangement plans

Regulated Australian vessels
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that there is carried on the vessel, at all times, a towing and mooring arrangement plan for that vessel.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) For a vessel constructed on or after 1 January 2024, the towing and mooring arrangement plan must:
(a) comply with section 5 of the Annex to MSC.1/Circ. 1175/Rev.1 Revised guidance on shipboard towing and mooring equipment, as approved on 9 December 2020; and
(b) include a supplement recording any deviations from the towing and mooring arrangement plan that complies with section 6 of the Annex to MSC.1/Circ. 1619 Guidelines on the design of mooring arrangements and the selection of appropriate mooring equipment and fittings for safer mooring, as approved on 11 December 2020, or as revised or replaced from time to time.
       (3) For a vessel constructed on or after 1 January 2007 and before 1 January 2024 — the towing and mooring arrangement plan must comply with section 5 of the Annex to MSC.1/Circ. 1175 Shipboard Equipment, Fittings and Supporting Hull Structures Associated with Towing and Mooring, as approved on 24 May 2005.
       (4) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

Foreign vessels
       (6) The owner of