Sch 4Marine Orders Part 9, issue 6

Schedule 4 Marine Orders Part 9, issue 6

 

  This Order is Marine Order 9 (Health — medical fitness) 2010.

1.1 Purpose

(a) for subsection 29(2) of the Navigation Act — prescribes matters relating to the health of persons performing, or intending to perform, the duties of a seafarer; and

(b) for subsection 65(2) of the Navigation Act — provides for the medical examination of, and the issue of certificates of fitness to, seafarers and persons proposing to engage in employment as seafarers; and

(c) for paragraph 164(2)(a) of the Navigation Act — provides for the medical fitness of licensed pilots; and

(d) gives effect to regulation I/9 of the STCW Convention and section B-I/9 of the STCW Code.

[3] Subsection 1.2.1

 1.2.1 Paragraph 164(2)(a) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to make provision for conditions, including conditions as to medical fitness, relating to the licensing of pilots under the Act.

[4] Sections 2 to 7

applicant means a person who is examined in accordance with subsection 8.2.

Certificate of Medical Fitness means a Certificate of Medical Fitness issued in accordance with this Order and that contains at least the information mentioned in Schedule 2.

holder, of a Certificate of Medical Fitness, means the person identified as holder by the certificate.

Medical Examination Guidelines means the Guidelines for the medical examination of seafarers and licensed pilots, obtainable from AMSA’s website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

medical inspector means a person appointed as a medical inspector under section 8A.

relevant vessel — see section 3.

valid, for a Certificate of Medical Fitness, means a certificate that is in force and that has not been cancelled.

• licensed pilot

Note 3   A sail trainee is a passenger — see Marine Order 52 (Sailing vessels) 1999.

3 Meaning of relevant vessel

  For the Order, a relevant vessel is:

(b) a vessel that, but for paragraph 15(1)(c) of the Navigation Act, would be a regulated Australian vessel, for which most of the crew are residents of Australia and that is operated by any of the following (whether or not in association with anyone else):

 (i) a person who is a resident of, or has his or her principal place of business in, Australia;

 (ii) a company or association that is incorporated, or has its principal place of business, in Australia.

 This Order applies to:

(a) a person employed, or proposing to engage in employment, on a relevant vessel; and