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287Approval of ballast water management plans for vessels
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287 Approval of ballast water management plans for vessels
(1) The determination under section 308A may prescribe a scheme for the Director of Biosecurity or a survey authority to take any of the following actions in relation to a vessel:
(a) approve a ballast water management plan for the vessel;
(b) approve an amendment of the vessel’s ballast water management plan;
(c) cancel the approval of the vessel’s ballast water management plan.
Note: A decision to refuse to approve a ballast water management plan, a decision to refuse to approve an amendment of a plan or a decision to cancel a plan is a reviewable decision (see Part 1 of Chapter 11).
(2) An action referred to in subsection (1) may be taken in relation to a foreign vessel only on request by the vessel’s Administration.
Division 3—Ballast water management certificates