Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

MARINE ACT - SECT 26

Subject to the Regulations, neither the owner nor the master of a vessel shall permit a person to be placed in charge of:

        (a)     a navigation watch;

        (b)     the operation of the main propulsion machinery of the vessel; or

        (c)     a radio watch,

unless that person is the holder of a qualification prescribed in respect thereof.

Penalty:     50 penalty units.