MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 29 Duties of suppliers of vessel operations to owners of commercial vessels
MARINE SAFETY ACT 2010 (NO. 65 OF 2010) - SECT 29
Duties of suppliers of vessel operations to owners of commercial vessels(1) A person who is not a marine safety worker and who supplies vessel operations to an owner of a commercial vessel must, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure the safety of those operations.
Penalty: In the case of a natural person, 1800 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 9000 penalty units.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person contravenes that subsection if the person fails to do any of the following—
(a) in the case of a pilotage service provider, while supplying pilotage services ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the safety of those services;
(b) provide or maintain systems of marine safety work that are, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe;
(c) provide, so far as is reasonably practicable, such—
(i) information, instruction, training or supervision to marine safety workers as is necessary to enable those workers to perform their marine safety work in a way that is safe; and
(ii) information to persons on board a commercial vessel (other than marine safety workers) as is necessary to enable those persons to ensure their safety.
(3) Without limiting subsection (1), a person contravenes that subsection if—
(a) the person operates, or causes or allows to be operated, the commercial vessel and that vessel is an unsafe vessel;
(b) the commercial vessel is, while in State waters, so loaded that the load line of the vessel is submerged.
(4) An offence against subsection (1) is an indictable offence.
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