Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 59

                   In every contract of service, express or implied, between:

                     (a)  the owner of a ship and the master; or

                     (b)  the owner or master and a seaman;

there shall be implied, notwithstanding any agreement to the contrary, an obligation on the owner of the ship that the owner and the master, and every agent charged with loading the ship or preparing the ship for sea or sending the ship to sea, shall use all reasonable means to insure the seaworthiness of the ship for the voyage at the time when the voyage begins, and to keep the ship in seaworthy condition for the voyage during the voyage.