20Radio installations, navigational systems and equipment

20 Radio installations, navigational systems and equipment

[SOLAS IV/7 to 11, V/18, 19 and 20]

(1) The owner of a vessel must ensure that the systems and equipment mentioned in Regulations 19 and 20 of Chapter V of SOLAS for the vessel are type approved and installed.

(2) The owner of a vessel must ensure that the systems and equipment mentioned in Regulations 7 to 11 of Chapter IV of SOLAS are installed.

(3) The owner of a vessel must ensure each of the following complies with each applicable IMO Resolution, as amended from time to time, that is mentioned in Schedule 2:

(a) systems and equipment;

(b) back-up arrangements, replacements and additions for systems and equipment;

(c) radio installations.

Note Information on obtaining copies of the IMO Resolutions mentioned in Schedule 2, and any amendments made to them, is available in the related information on the Marine Orders link on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

(4) Radio installations installed on a vessel must comply with the ARPANSA Radiation Protection Standard Maximum Exposure Levels to Radiofrequency Fields – 3 kHz to 300GHz (Radiation Protection Series Publication No.3), as in force from time to time.

Note This standard is available from the ARPANSA website at http://www.arpansa.gov.au.

(5) For a vessel carrying an electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) for compliance with paragraph 2.1.4 of Regulation 19 of Chapter V of SOLAS:

(a) the owner of the vessel must ensure that the system and the back-up arrangements required by paragraphs 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 of Regulation 19 of Chapter V of SOLAS are approved; and

(b) the master of the vessel and all deck watchkeeping officers must have completed an approved training course in its use in accordance with Part A of Chapter II of the STCW Code.

(6) The owner of a vessel must ensure that:

(a) any automatic identification system used on the vessel is tested annually by the issuing body or an approved testing or servicing facility in accordance with paragraph 9 of Regulation 18 of Chapter V of SOLAS; and

(b) any voyage data recorder system used on the vessel, including all sensors, is tested by an approved testing or servicing facility in accordance with paragraph 8 of Regulation 18 of Chapter V of SOLAS and a certificate of compliance issued stating the date of compliance and the performance standards for the system; and

(c) a copy of the certificate of compliance is available for inspection on board the vessel.