Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 - SECT 340

  (1)   The regulations may make provision in relation to giving effect to the following:

  (a)   the Safety Convention;

  (b)   the Prevention of Collisions Convention;

  (c)   the Prevention of Pollution Convention;

  (d)   the Load Lines Convention;

  (e)   the Tonnage Convention;

  (f)   the Container Convention;

  (g)   the Limitation of Liability for Maritime Claims Convention;

  (h)   the STCW Convention;

  (i)   the Maritime Labour Convention.

Note:   Sections   12 and 13 may affect the application of the regulations in certain circumstances relating to the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law or State and Territory law.

  (2)   Regulations that make provision in relation to giving effect to the Container Convention must not impose, or authorise the imposition of, structural safety requirements or tests on containers to which the Container Convention applies that are not required or permitted by that Convention to be imposed on such containers.

Note:   Section   13 may affect the application of the regulations in certain circumstances relating to State and Territory law.

  (3)   To avoid doubt, regulations made for the purposes of this section may be expressed to apply to vessels that are not regulated Australian vessels.