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on or off a vessel as a result of an act of piracy or act of armed robbery against ships, an owner of a regulated Australian vessel must continue to comply with this section until the death or repatriation of the seafarer.
       (8) Subsection (7) applies whether or not the seafarer's work agreement has expired or terminated, or been suspended, during captivity.

28 Hours of rest
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that a seafarer has at least the minimum hours of rest in accordance with Division 3 of Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2015.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that records of seafarers' daily hours of rest are maintained in accordance with Division 3 of Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2015.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3) The master of the vessel must:
(a) give each seafarer a copy of the record relating to him or her; and
(b) ensure that the record is endorsed by the master or a person authorised by the master and the seafarer.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4) An offence against subsection (1), (2) or (3) is a strict liability offence.
       (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1), (2) or (3).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

29 Shipboard working arrangements
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that a notice of shipboard working arrangements is posted in a place on board the vessel that is easily accessible to seafarers.
       (2) The notice must:
(a) include, for each seafarer on board the vessel, the seafarer's schedule of service at sea and service in port; and
(b) include the minimum hours of rest mentioned in Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2015; and
(c) be in the working language of the vessel and in English.
Note   A sample form of notice is available on the AMSA website at www.amsa.gov.au.

30 Shore leave
        Subject to the operational requirements of a seafarer's work on board a regulated Australian vessel, the master must ensure that when the vessel is in port each seafarer on board the vessel is, if requested by the seafarer, granted leave to go to shore.
Note   Paragraph 2 of MLC regulation 2.4 provides that a country in which the Maritime Labour Convention is in force must grant shore leave in accordance with that paragraph to seafarers employed on vessels registered in the country. For requirements for foreign vessels — see Division 2.

31 Repatriation
       (1) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel must ensure that a seafarer is entitled to repatriation, at no cost to the seafarer,