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Variation of certificates
        For section 101 of the Navigation Act, the criteria for variation of an International Load Lines Certificate or an International Load Lines Exemption Certificate are that:
(a) the vessel has been surveyed in accordance with subparagraph (1)(c) of Article 14 of the Load Lines Convention; and
(b) to the extent that the variation relates to matters mentioned in paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6) and (8) of Article 19 of the Load Lines Convention — the variation is in accordance with that regulation.
Note for paragraph (b)   A variation may be in the form of an endorsement on a certificate.

13 Criteria for the revocation of certificates
        For section 102 of the Navigation Act, the criteria for revocation of a certificate are that:
(a) the hull or superstructures of the vessel are altered to the extent that assignment of increased freeboard is required; or
(b) the structural strength of the vessel has been lowered to the extent that the vessel is unsafe; or
(c) a condition of the certificate has been breached; or
(d) a condition of exemption has been breached; or
(e) the vessel to which the certificate applies ceases to be registered in Australia; or
(f) the owner of the vessel asks in writing that the vessel's certificate be revoked; or
(g) the certificate contains incorrect information.
Subdivision 2.2 International Load Lines Certificates

14 Criteria for issue of an International Load Lines Certificate
        For paragraph 100(1)(b) of the Navigation Act, the criteria for the issue of an International Load Lines Certificate are that:
(a) the vessel has completed the initial or renewal survey mentioned in Article 14 of the Load Lines Convention; and
(b) freeboards have been assigned in accordance with Annex I of the Load Lines Convention; and
(c) the vessel has 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.
Note 1   IMO Resolution A.1053(27) Survey guidelines under the harmonised system of survey and certification (HSSC), 2011, as in force from time to time, is relevant to the survey of the vessel.
Note 2   If a regulated Australian vessel is not required to have a certificate mentioned in section 9, the owner may apply for and be issued a certificate if the vessel meets the requirements mentioned in this section.
Note 3   The form of the record of the conditions of assignment of load lines is published by the IMO as Part 6 in Load lines — International Convention on Load Lines, 1966 and Protocol of 1988, as amended in 2003, Consolidated Edition, 2005.

15 Conditions on an International Load Lines Certificate
        For paragraph 100(2)(a) of the Navigation Act, an International