Sch 9Marine Orders Part 18, issue 4

Schedule 9 Marine Orders Part 18, issue 4

  This Order is Marine Order 18 (Measures to enhance maritime safety) 2009.

[2] Subclauses 1.2.1 and 1.2.2

 1.2.1 Paragraph 98(2)(a) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to give effect to SOLAS.

 1.2.2 Subsection 98(3) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations about vessels included in a particular class requiring safety certificates of specified kinds, including certificates relating to survey, construction, machinery and equipment and other matters relating to the survey of vessels.

[3] Subclause 1.2.4

 1.2.4 Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA may make orders with respect to any matter for which provision must or may be made by the regulations.

[4] Section 2

  Continuous Synopsis Record means the document issued by AMSA in accordance with Regulation 5 of Chapter XI-1 of SOLAS.

home port, for a vessel, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Shipping Registration Regulations 1981 for a ship.

official number, for a registered vessel, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Shipping Registration Regulations 1981 for a registered ship.

Registrar of Ships means the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar as defined in section 3 of the Shipping Registration Act 1981.

• Australian General Shipping Register
• Australian International Shipping Register

[5] Subsection 3.4

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[6] Subsection 4.1

 4.1 Subject to subsections 4.2 and 4.3, this Order applies to each of the following vessels:

 4.1A However, this Order does not apply to:

(a) a fishing vessel; or

(b) a vessel to which SOLAS applies to the extent that the vessel complies with Chapter XI-1 of SOLAS.

[7] Sections 5 and 6

 5.1 A person may apply, in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2011, for an exemption of a vessel from a requirement of this Order.

 5.3 The Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration may give an exemption only if he or she is satisfied that:

(a) compliance with the requirement would be unnecessary or unreasonable having regard to the vessel, its equipment and its intended voyage; and

 6.1 A person may apply, in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2011, for approval to use an equivalent.

Note   For definitions of equivalent and use, see subsection 6.4.

 6.3 The Manager, Ship Inspection and Registration may approve use of an equivalent only if he or she is satisfied that: