Provisions that give effect to various conventions
12 Provisions that give effect to various conventions
A provision of this Act that gives effect to a provision of:
the Safety Convention; or
the Prevention of Pollution Convention; or
the Prevention of Collisions Convention (in relation to an area other than the high seas); or
the Maritime Labour Convention;
does not apply in relation to a domestic commercial vessel, or a recreational vessel that has Australian nationality, when the vessel is in an area if:
a provision of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law gives effect to that provision of the Convention in relation to that vessel when it is in that area; or
if paragraph (d) does not apply—a provision of a law of a State or the Northern Territory gives effect to that provision of the Convention in relation to that vessel when it is in that area.
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