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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Offences in relation to maritime activity - Safety offences

67A: Offence for submerged load lines

You could also call this:

"Breaking the law by letting a ship's load lines go underwater"

If you let a ship's load lines be submerged when it goes to sea, during a voyage, or when it arrives in port, you commit an offence. A ship's load lines are submerged if the lines are underwater when the ship is in salt water and not leaning to one side. You can check if the load lines would be submerged by seeing if they would be underwater if the ship were in salt water and not leaning.

If you commit this offence, you can be liable for a penalty. As an individual, you could be imprisoned for up to 12 months or fined up to $10,000. As a company, you could be fined up to $100,000. You may also have to pay an additional penalty under section 409.

You must follow the maritime rules to make sure a ship's load lines are not submerged. The rules say where the load lines should be on the ship. If you break these rules, you can get in trouble.

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Part 6Offences in relation to maritime activity
Safety offences

67AOffence for submerged load lines

  1. Every person commits an offence who allows a ship's load lines to be submerged—

  2. when the ship proceeds to sea; or
    1. during a voyage; or
      1. on the ship's arrival into port.

        1. A ship's load lines are submerged if—

        2. the ship is in salt water and has no list and the appropriate load line on each side of the ship, as prescribed by the maritime rules, is submerged:
          1. the appropriate load line on each side of the ship, as prescribed by maritime rules, would be submerged if the ship were in salt water and had no list.

            1. Every person who commits an offence against subsection (1) is liable,—

            2. in the case of an individual, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or a fine not exceeding $10,000:
              1. in the case of a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding $100,000:
                1. in either case, to an additional penalty under section 409.

                  Notes
                  • Section 67A: inserted, on , by section 20 of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).