Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 204

             (3)  A person authorized in writing by the Authority to make inspections under this section may, at any time, inspect a ship which is wholly or partly exempt from survey under the regulations and shall, upon making such an inspection, forthwith report the result of the inspection to the Authority.

             (4)  Upon the receipt by the Authority of a report under subsection (3), it may, subject to subsection (5), cancel the exemption of the ship from survey or suspend the operation, for the purposes of this Act, of a certificate in force in respect of the ship, and thereupon the ship becomes liable to survey.

             (5)  The Authority shall not cancel the exemption from survey of a ship in respect of which a valid Safety Convention certificate is in force, or suspend the operation, for the purposes of this Act, of a valid Safety Convention certificate in force in respect of a ship, unless the Authority has reason to believe:

                     (a)  that the condition of the ship, or of its equipment, does not substantially correspond with the certificate; and

                     (b)  that the ship cannot proceed to sea without danger to its crew or passengers.