Article 8

Where any provision of the Merchant Shipping Acts which, by virtue of the Merchant Shipping Act 1906 and this Order, is applicable to Queensland Government ships, imposes any duty or liability or confers any right or power upon or contemplates any act being performed by the owner of a ship, such duty, liability, right or power shall, subject always to the other provisions of this Order, be carried out, borne or exercised by the Permanent Head of the Department in respect of which the ship is registered.