Copy of this Act to be kept on regulated Australian vessels
95 Copy of this Act to be kept on regulated Australian vessels
The master of a regulated Australian vessel must provide the vessel’s seafarers with access (whether electronic or otherwise), at all reasonable times, to a copy of this Act.
Fault‑based offence
A person commits an offence if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Penalty: 5 penalty units.
Reference to Act does not include regulations, etc.
In subsection (1), a reference to this Act does not include regulations or other legislative instruments under this Act.
Regulations may require instruments to be accessible
The regulations may require the master of a regulated Australian vessel to provide the vessel’s seafarers with access (whether electronic or otherwise), at all reasonable times, to a copy of specified regulations or other legislative instruments made under this Act.
This provision refers to the regulations (The regulations may require
). Made under this Act:
- Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions on vessels) 2024 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
- Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2023 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
- Marine Order 15 (Construction — fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction) 2014 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
15 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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