Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions on vessels) 2024
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(1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Marine Order to be made:
(a) section 42 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels, regulations may be made about maritime labour certificates;
(b) subsection 54(5) which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels, regulations may be made about work agreements;
(c) subsection 55(1) which provides that regulations may be made about information that an owner of a regulated Australian vessel must make available to the vessel’s seafarers;
(d) section 57 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels, regulations may be made about retaining and producing records of service of seafarers;
(e) section 58 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels, regulations may be made about seafarer work and rest hours;
(f) section 59 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels, regulations may be made about payment of seafarer wages;
(g) section 61 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels, regulations may be made about the provision of food and drinking water on board;
(h) section 65 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels, regulations may be made about the health of seafarers;
(i) section 74 which provides that, for regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels, regulations may be made about accommodation for seafarers on vessels;
(j) section 76 which provides that regulations may be made about repatriation of seafarers;
(k) section 77 which provides that regulations may be made about complaints and legal proceedings about seafarer employment;
(l) section 91 which provides that regulations may be made about dealing with the property of deceased seafarers;
(m) subsection 95(4) which provides that regulations may be made about providing access to regulations or legislative instruments;
(n) subsection 309(2) which provides that regulations may be made about the keeping of logbooks;
(o) section 314 which provides that regulations may be made about particular matters relating to certificates;
(p) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that regulations may be made to give effect to the Safety Convention;
(q) paragraph 340(1)(i) which provides that regulations may be made to give effect to the Maritime Labour Convention;
(r) subsection 341(1) which provides that the regulations may provide for the imposition of penalties and civil penalties for a contravention of the regulations.
(2) Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides that regulations may be made prescribing matters that are required or permitted to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.