South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts64—Obligation to hold loadline certificate
(1) If a vessel to
which this Division applies is operated in the jurisdiction without a current
loadline certificate, the owner and the master of the vessel are each guilty
of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(2) If a vessel in
respect of which a loadline certificate is in force is operated contrary to a
condition of the certificate, the owner and the master of the vessel are each
guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: $10 000.
(3) In this section, a
reference to a loadline certificate extends to a certificate or document
issued under some other law but recognised under the regulations as equivalent
to a loadline certificate.
(4) The CEO may,
subject to such conditions as the CEO thinks fit, exempt a vessel from the
requirement to have a loadline certificate issued in respect of it under this
Division.