Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The owner or the master of a ship shall not permit the vessel to go or attempt to go to sea unless there is in force in respect of the vessel a load line certificate or a load line exemption certificate.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
(2) A vessel which goes to sea or attempts to go to sea without having been surveyed and marked under this Division may be detained until it has been so surveyed and marked.
(3) A vessel which does not comply with the conditions of assignment shall be deemed to be an unsafe vessel for the purposes of section 97.