Sch 2Marine Orders Part 3, issue 6

Schedule 2 Marine Orders Part 3, issue 6

  This Order is Marine Order 3 (Seafarer qualifications) 2004.

(a) specifies standards of competence and other conditions to be met by a person performing the duties or functions of a seafarer under the Navigation Act; and

(b) provides for seafarer certificates; and

(c) gives effect to the STCW Convention.

 1B.1 Part 2 of Chapter 2 of the Navigation Act generally provides for the regulations to provide for applications for, and dealings with, seafarer certificates.

 1B.2 Section 28 of the Navigation Act provides for the regulations to provide for seafarer certificates, including giving effect to the STCW Convention.

 1B.3 Subsection 31(2) provides that a seafarer certificate is subject to conditions prescribed in the regulations.

 1B.4 Section 314 of the Navigation Act provides that the regulations may prescribe certain matters for certificates.

 1B.5 Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to be made prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Navigation Act.

 1B.6 Paragraph 340(1)(h) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to be made giving effect to the STCW Convention.

 1B.7 Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides for the making of Marine Orders for any matter for which provision must or may be made by the regulations.

[3] Section 2, definitions of AMSA and General Manager

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[4] Section 2, definition of endorsement

endorsement  means an endorsement mentioned in sections D and L, other than an STCW Endorsement.

[5] Section 2, definition of International Safety Management Code

International Safety Management Code — see section 2 of Marine Order 58 (International Safety Management Code) 2002.

[6] Section 2, definitions of Manager, Navigation Act, NSCV, penal provision, STCW Code, STCW Convention and USL

omit

[7] Section 2, definition of valid, footnote 3

substitute as note to definition

Note   Marine Order 9 (Health — medical fitness) 2010 requires a person to hold a valid Certificate of Medical Fitness to serve at sea.

[8] Section 2, after definition of WIG craft

Note 1   Terms used in this Order have the same meaning that they have in the Navigation Act, including:

•                      AMSA

•                      marine incident

•                      master

•                      owner