Marine Order 16 (Load lines) 2025

For a provision of the Load Lines Convention applied, adopted or incorporated by this Marine Order, the Administration is:

for a regulated Australian vessel — AMSA; or

for a foreign vessel — the Administration of the country where the vessel is registered.

If an expression used in this Marine Order is also used in a provision of an instrument (such as the Load Lines Convention) or other writing applied, adopted or incorporated by this Marine Order, the expression has the same meaning as in that instrument or other writing, unless the contrary intention appears.

The unified interpretations of the Load Lines Convention, published by the IMO, are to be taken into account in complying with the requirements of the convention.