Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 206G

             (1)  Where, on receipt of declarations of survey in respect of a steamship registered in Australia, the Authority is satisfied that the ship complies with the requirements of this Act that relate to the radio equipment of cargo steamships engaged on international voyages, or with such of those requirements as are requirements from which it does not propose to exempt the ship, it may issue in respect of the ship, in the prescribed form, a cargo ship safety radio certificate.

             (2)  If, after a survey of a steamship carried out by or on behalf of a survey authority, the survey authority is satisfied that the ship complies with:

                     (a)  the requirements of this Act that relate to the radio equipment of cargo steamships engaged on international voyages; or

                     (b)  such of those requirements as are requirements from which the Authority has not exempted the ship;

the survey authority may issue a cargo ship safety radio certificate in respect of the ship in the prescribed form.