6Information that must be included in ballast water discharge report

6 Information that must be included in ballast water discharge report

For the purposes of paragraph 267(2)(a) of the Act, a ballast water discharge report in relation to an intended discharge, or a discharge, of ballast water from a vessel in Australian territorial seas must include the following information: (a) information identifying the vessel; (b) contact details for the person on board the vessel who is responsible for managing the vessel’s ballast water; (c) information identifying and describing the tanks and pumps used to manage the vessel’s ballast water; (d) details of the voyage during which the discharge is intended to occur or occurred; (e) if a ballast water management certificate has been issued for the vessel: (i) the date the certificate was issued; and (ii) the name of the authority that issued the certificate; and (iii) the place where the certificate was issued; and (iv) the expiry date of the certificate; (f) if there is a ballast water management plan for the vessel: (i) whether the plan has been approved as referred to in section 286 of the Act and is on board the vessel; and (ii) whether the vessel’s ballast water and sediment have been managed in accordance with the vessel’s ballast water management plan; (g) whether the vessel has ballast water records on board the vessel that comply with Part 5 of Chapter 5 of the Act; (h) whether the vessel intends to dispose of, or has disposed of, sediment in Australian territorial seas; (i) if the intended discharge, or discharge, would be, or is, covered by an exception under Part 3 of Chapter 5 of the Act—details about the exception and information about how the conditions relating to the exception are to be, or have been, complied with; (j) the port or other location where the discharge is intended to occur or occurred; (k) the date and time when the discharge is intended to occur or occurred; (l) the estimated volume (in cubic metres) of ballast water intended to be discharged or discharged.