28Ballast water management certificate for a vessel

28 Ballast water management certificate for a vessel

(1) For the purposes of paragraph 288(c) of the Act, this section prescribes the requirements for a document that is intended to be a ballast water management certificate for a vessel. (2) For an Australian vessel or a foreign vessel whose Administration is a party to the Ballast Water Convention, the document must be in the form set out in Appendix I to the Ballast Water Convention. (3) For a foreign vessel whose Administration is not a party to the Ballast Water Convention, the document must be a survey report from a survey authority or the vessel’s Administration that includes: (a) the information set out in Appendix I to the Ballast Water Convention; and (b) records of surveys referred to in regulation E‑1 of the Annex to the Ballast Water Convention that have been carried out in relation to the vessel.