Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) The owner or the master of a vessel shall not, where the vessel has been marked with the prescribed load lines, fail without reasonable cause to keep the vessel so marked.
(2) Where the prescribed load lines on a vessel are altered, concealed or defaced otherwise than as prescribed:
(a) the person who so altered, concealed or defaced them, as the case may be; and
(b) if the owner or the master of the vessel permitted or did not take reasonable steps to prevent the alteration, concealment or defacement, as the case may be – the owner or the master of the vessel or both of them, as the case may be,
is or are, guilty of an offence.
Penalty for an offence against this section: 100 penalty units.