Certificates required
9 Certificates required
For subsection 98(3) of the Navigation Act (which enables the regulations to provide that specified kinds of vessels are required to have specified safety certificates), a regulated Australian vessel to which the Load Lines Convention applies, or would apply if engaged on an international voyage, must have an International Load Line Certificate.
Note It is an offence under sections 103 and 104 of the Navigation Act if a vessel is taken to sea without a certificate of a specified kind in force for the vessel.
However, a vessel mentioned in subsection (1) that is exempted in accordance with paragraph (2) or (4) of Article 6 of the Load Lines Convention must have an International Load Line Exemption Certificate.
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