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with subparagraph (1)(c) of Article 14 of the Load Lines Convention.

19 Endorsement on an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate
        For section 18, an endorsement on an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate must be made by an issuing body.
Note   It is practice for an issuing body endorsing a certificate to be the same as the issuing body that originally issued the certificate.
Division 3 Requirements for foreign vessels

20 Certificates required for foreign vessels
        A foreign vessel to which the Load Lines Convention applies must have on board any certificate that it is required to have under Article 3 of the Load Lines Convention.
Note   It is an offence under sections 106 and 107 of the Navigation Act if a vessel is taken to sea without a certificate of a specified kind in force for the vessel.

21 Requirements for foreign vessels
       (1) A foreign vessel to which the Load Lines Convention applies must:
(a) have load lines marked in accordance with any International Load Lines Certificate in force for the vessel; and
(b) have a record of the conditions of assignment of load lines in the form set out on LL.3/Circ.19 as published by the IMO; and
(c) maintain in an effective condition its fittings and appliances for the protection of openings, guard rails, freeing ports and means of access to the crew's quarters; and
(d) not have its hull or superstructures materially altered without the assignment of freeboard being increased since the issue of any International Load Lines Certificate in force for the vessel; and
(e) comply with any conditions imposed by any Load Lines Exemption Certificate in force for the vessel.
       (2) A foreign vessel to which the Load Lines Convention does not apply must:
(a) be marked in accordance with the requirements of the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered; and
(b) have certificates or documentation required by the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered.
Division 4 Information requirements

22 Loading stress information
       (1) The master or the owner of a vessel must not take the vessel to sea if the following is not on board the vessel:
(a) for a regulated Australian vessel — loading stress information mentioned in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of Annex I to the Load Lines Convention if approved by an issuing body; and
(b) for a foreign vessel — loading stress information mentioned in paragraph (1) of regulation 10 of Annex I to the Load Lines Convention if approved by the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3) A person is liable to a