Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00641:clause:1_206xa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012C00641
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 206XA
Character Range: 28713–29618

206XA  Maritime labour certificates required for steamships registered in Australia
  A person commits an offence if:
 (a) the person is the master or owner of a ship; and
 (b) the ship is a steamship registered in Australia; and
 (c) the ship has a gross tonnage of 500 or more; and
 (d)  the person takes the ship to sea, or permits the ship to be taken to sea by the master or the owner (as the case may be), or another person, on an international voyage; and
 (e)  when the ship is taken to sea, none of the following certificates is in force in respect of the ship:
 (i) a maritime labour certificate;
 (ii) an interim maritime labour certificate;
 (iii) a certificate of exemption under section 206XH exempting the ship from all the requirements of this Act relating to the working and living conditions of seamen on board the ship and of the master of the ship.
Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years.