Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS 1968 - REG 19

(1)

The master or owner of a ship may take the ship to sea, or permit the ship to be taken to sea, only if there is provided in the ship, for the use of the master, in writing:

(a)

information as to the use of any cross-flooding fittings provided in the ship; and

(b)

such information as is necessary for the maintenance of sufficient intact stability under service conditions to enable the ship to withstand damage to the extent specified in the Second Schedule; and

(c)

in the case of a ship provided with cross-flooding fittings, information as to the conditions of stability on which the calculations of heel have been based, including a warning that excessive heeling may result if the ship sustains damage under less favourable conditions.

Penalty:   2 penalty units.

(2)

An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability , see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code .