Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations(1) A vessel to which an application for the grant or extension of a permit relates shall be inspected by a surveyor.
(2) A surveyor, on completing an inspection under subregulation (1), shall certify whether the vessel inspected complies with subregulation (3).
(3) For the purposes of subregulation (2), a vessel shall:
(a) comply with the standards approved under subregulation (4) applicable to the vessel; or
(b) where the measured length of the vessel is 7 m or longer, comply with the survey requirements of the Act.
(4) For the purposes of subregulation (3)(a), the Director may approve standards to apply to and in relation to a vessel, or a vessel of a class of vessels, to be operated as a hire-and-drive vessel.
(5) Without limiting the generality of subregulation (4), the Director may approve standards relating to:
(a) the construction, buoyancy, capacity or stability of a vessel or class of vessels; and/or
(b) the machinery and equipment, including safety equipment, to be installed, fitted or carried in or on a vessel or class of vessels.
(6) A standard referred to in subregulation (5) may adopt or incorporate by reference all or any of the provisions of a document formulated or published by a body or authority.