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HARBORS AND NAVIGATION REGULATIONS 2023 - REG 121

121—Excess persons on vessel

        (1)         The operator of a vessel must ensure that the number of persons carried on the vessel does not exceed such number as can be carried safely in all the circumstances, and in any case must not exceed the maximum number—

            (a)         in the case of a vessel fitted by the manufacturer with a compliance plate stating the maximum number of persons that may be safely carried as determined in accordance with AS 1799.1—stated on that plate; or

            (b)         if no such compliance plate is fitted but the vessel is fitted with an Australian Builders Plate—stated on the Australian Builders Plate; or

            (c)         if neither a compliance plate nor an Australian Builders Plate is fitted to the vessel—specified in Schedule 8 in relation to a vessel of the relevant class.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.

        (2)         The operator of a vessel must not cause or permit a load to be carried on the vessel while it is underway or moored greater than can safely be carried in all the circumstances.

Maximum penalty: $1 250.



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