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49 Lighting
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must take all reasonable steps to ensure that sleeping rooms and mess rooms on the vessel have natural light.
       (2) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that the accommodation spaces for seafarers on the vessel have:
(a) lighting in accordance with Accident prevention on board ship and in port, published by the ILO, as amended from time to time; and
(b) either
 (i) at least 2 sources of electricity for lighting independent of each other; or
 (ii) a properly constructed lamp or lighting apparatus for emergency use.
       (3) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that an electric reading lamp is installed at the head of each seafarer's sleeping berth.

50 Mess rooms
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that a mess room that meets the requirements mentioned in Schedule 7 is available to all seafarers on board the vessel.
       (2) The owner of a vessel <3000 GT may apply for an exemption from the requirements mentioned in paragraphs 1(a) and 1(b) of Schedule 7.

51 Exception for vessels <200 GT
        The requirements mentioned in this Division do not apply to a regulated Australian vessel that is <200 GT if the vessel:
(a) complies with Section C1 of the NSCV; and
(b) is proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage.
Note   The effect of this section is that a regulated Australian vessel <200 GT complying with NSCV Section C1 is not subject to the requirements in this Division if the vessel only undertakes voyages to the outer limits of the EEZ. Section 16 of the Navigation Act sets out the circumstances when a vessel is on an overseas voyage.
Division 7 Accommodation — general requirements

52 Noise
       (1) This section applies to a regulated Australian vessel that is:
(a) constructed after 20 August 2013; and
(b) ≥ 500 GT.
       (2) The owner of the vessel must ensure that the vessel:
(a) complies with the Code on noise levels on board ships; or
(b) if the Code on noise levels on board ships does not apply to the vessel:
 (i) is assessed in accordance with the standards mentioned in the code as if the code applied to the vessel; and
 (ii) adopts measures in accordance with the guidance provided in the ILO Code of Practice Ambient factors in the workplace, as amended from time to time, to ensure that the standards are complied with.

53 Inspections
        The master of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that:
(a) seafarer accommodation is inspected weekly to ensure that it is clean, fit for human habitation without posing risks to seafarer health and