Appendix 1
Specific requirements for Australian registered passenger ships and Australian registered cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and over
1 General
This Appendix sets out more detailed or additional requirements for passenger ships registered in Australia and cargo ships of 500 gross tonnage and over registered in Australia.
2 Narcotic drugs and goods for therapeutic use
2.1 Narcotic drugs
2.1.1 A ship registered in Australia must be provided with narcotic drugs for use in survival craft on the scale of one pack per 15 persons or part thereof that the ship is certified to carry, the maximum required number being 2 packs.
2.1.2 Each pack referred to in 2.1.1 must contain:
(a) 5 doses of Morphine Sulphate Injection 15 mg in 1 ml disposable syringe pack; or
(b) 5 doses of Morphine Sulphate Injection 15 mg in 1 ml ampoule with five suitable sterile disposable syringes, complete with needles, per ampoule; or
(c) 6 doses of Omnopon Tubunic 30 mg (equivalent to Anhydrous Morphine 15 mg).
2.1.3 The narcotic drugs must be stowed in one of the following alternative locations at the discretion of the master, provided that the drugs are so stowed as to be capable of ready transfer to lifeboats or life-rafts in the event of an emergency:
(a) in the locked inner cupboard of the ship's medical cabinet; or
(b) in a secure location in the wheelhouse or normal navigating position.
2.2 Goods for therapeutic use
If articles contained in a first-aid outfit, or narcotic drugs carried on a ship for use on survival craft, are goods for therapeutic use within the meaning of the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 the goods must:
(a) conform to specific standards, within the meaning of that Act, applicable to the goods; and
(b) conform to general standards, within the meaning of that Act, applicable to the goods.
3 Provisions providing more detail about, or in addition to, Regulations of Chapter III
3.1 Immersion suits, anti‑exposure suits and thermal protective aids
(SOLAS III-7.3, 22.4.1.2 & 32.3.2)
For the purposes of Regulations 7.3, 22.4.1.2 and 32.3.2 of Chapter III, the Manager, Ship Inspections, has determined that a ship need not carry immersion suits, anti‑exposure suits or thermal protective aids if the ship is constantly engaged on voyages between latitudes 35°S and 35°N.
3.2 Survival craft muster and embarkation arrangements
(SOLAS III-31.1.4)
If a life-raft is provided in accordance with Regulation 31.1.4 of Chapter III, a knotted lifeline, consisting of a fibre rope not less than 24 millimetres in diameter knotted at intervals not exceeding 2 metres and fitted with an eye to enable it to be rapidly secured, long enough to reach the water from the point of embarkation, must be provided for embarkation if a ladder specified in Regulation 11.7 of Chapter III is not provided.
3.3 Stowage of rescue boats
(SOLAS III-14)
A rescue boat must not be stowed on the tank deck of a tanker except with the approval of the Manager, Ship Inspections.[8]
3.4 Emergency training and drills
(SOLAS III-19 & 35)
3.4.1 In addition to the training manual required by Regulation 35 of Chapter III , the following must be provided:
(a) one copy of the latest edition of the publication Survival at Sea, Instruction Manual for each member of the crew;
(b) one copy of the latest edition of the publication Survival at Sea, Instruction Manual in each survival craft; and
(c) access to any other relevant documents relating to the training of personnel on the use of the life-saving appliances carried on the ship.[\[9\]](#_ftn9)
3.4.2 For the purposes of Regulation 19.5 of Chapter III, the log book in which details of drills are to be recorded is the official log-book of the ship.
3.5 Servicing of EPIRBs and radar transponders
Every 121.5/243 MHz, 406 MHz and 1.6 GHz[10] EPIRB, and every radar transponder provided in accordance with this Part, must, at the intervals specified by the manufacturer, be inspected, tested and, if necessary, have its source of energy replaced.[11] In the case of a 121.5/243 MHz EPIRB, the servicing interval must not exceed 12 months unless it is contained in an inflatable life-raft, in which case it must be serviced whenever the life-raft is serviced.
3.6 Life-jackets
(SOLAS III-32)
3.6.1 In addition to the life-jackets required by Regulation 7 of Chapter III, a cargo ship must be provided with another life-jacket for each person that the ship is certified to carry.
3.6.2 The additional life-jackets required by 3.6.1 may be used to comply with Regulation 7.2.1.2 of Chapter III and the remaining life-jackets, if any, must be kept in float-free locker or lockers in a suitable and plainly-indicated location.
4 Provisions providing more detail about, or in addition to, the LSA Code
4.1 Life-jackets
(LSA Code, §2.2)
4.1.1 No more than 2 types of life-jacket requiring different methods of adjustment may be carried on any one ship.
4.1.2 If 2 different types of life-jacket are carried, appropriate illustrated directions for donning of the life-jackets must be placed near the stowage position for each life-jacket.
4.2 Life-raft equipment
(LSA Code, §4.1.5)
4.2.1 The normal equipment of a life-raft as set out in paragraph 4.1.5.1 of the LSA Code is varied as follows:
(a) the first-aid outfit required by paragraph 4.1.5.1.8 of the LSA Code must comply with Appendix 2;
(b) an approved EPIRB that meets either AS/NZ Standard 4330 (121.5/243 MHz EPIRB) or AS/NZ Standard 4280.1 (406 MHz EPIRB) is to be provided, in addition to an efficient radar reflector or survival craft radar transponder required by paragraph 4.1.5.1.14 of the LSA Code;[\[12\]](#_ftn12) and
(c) the food ration required by paragraph 4.1.5.1.18 of the LSA Code must comply with 4.31 of ISO 18813:2006 or other equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
4.2.2 For the purposes of paragraph 4.1.5.2 of the LSA Code, a life-raft may only be marked “SOLAS A PACK” if it complies with the LSA Code as varied by 4.2.1.
4.2.3 Where the Manager, Ship Inspections, has exercised the discretion contained in paragraph 4.1.5.3 of the LSA Code to reduce the quantity of items of equipment carried in a life-raft on a passenger ship engaged on voyages other than international voyages, the life-raft, provided that it otherwise complies with the LSA Code as varied by 4.2.1, is to be marked:
(a) if the minimum equipment is carried—"SOLAS B PACK"; and
(b) if the equipment carried is more than the B Pack standard but less than the A Pack standard—"SOLAS B+ PACK".
4.3 Servicing of inflatable life-rafts
4.3.1 A servicing station will not be approved unless it complies with IMO Resolution A.761(18), Recommendation on conditions for the approval of servicing stations for inflatable life-rafts, as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.55(66).
4.3.2 Despite 4.3.1, the Manager, Ship Inspections, may approve a servicing station without the manufacturer's accreditation when in exceptional circumstances the manufacturer is unable to accredit the station.
4.3.3 The Manager, Ship Inspections, may grant temporary approval for a servicing station to service a life-raft or life-rafts subject to such conditions as are considered necessary to ensure that the level of safety is not reduced.[13]
4.3.4 The Manager, Ship Inspections, or a survey authority will issue a Certificate of Approval to an approved servicing station and that certificate, together with the certificates issued by the life-raft manufacturer in respect of persons trained in the repair and servicing of those life-rafts, must be prominently displayed on the premises.
4.3.5 A life-raft must be serviced in accordance with IMO Resolutions A.761(18), Recommendation on conditions for the approval of servicing stations for inflatable life-rafts, as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.55(66).
4.4 Lifeboat propulsion
(LSA Code, §4.4.6)
The batteries required by paragraph 4.4.6.9 of the LSA Code must be of the totally sealed type that do not emit hydrogen during charging.
4.5 Lifeboat equipment
(LSA Code, §4.4.8)
The normal equipment of a lifeboat as set out in paragraph 4.4.8 of the LSA Code is varied as follows:
(a) a compass must comply with 4.6 of ISO 18813:2006 or other equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(b) a sea-anchor, whether installed or spare, must comply with ISO 17339:2000 or other equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(c) the first-aid outfit required by paragraph 4.4.8.20 of the LSA Code must comply with Appendix 2;
(d) the food ration required by paragraph 4.4.8.12 of the LSA Code must comply with 4.31 of ISO 18813:2006 or other equivalent international standard approved by AMSA;
(e) the manual pump required by paragraph 4.4.8.25 must comply with 4.3 of ISO 18813:2006 or other equivalent international standard approved by AMSA; and
(f) a motor lifeboat must carry 2 portable fire extinguishers capable of discharging foam or other substance suitable for quenching oil fires and complying with Standard AS/NZ 1841 and 1850 relating to the type of extinguisher, provided that in the case of a foam extinguisher the size need not exceed 4.5 litres capacity and in the case of a dry powder extinguisher, the size need not exceed 2.25 kg capacity.[\[14\]](#_ftn14)
4.6 Rescue boat equipment
(LSA Code, §5.1.2)
The Manager, Ship Inspections, will accept a radar transponder, complying with IMO Resolution A.802(19), stowed in the rescue boat as being equivalent to a radar reflector as specified in item 12 of paragraph 5.1.2.2. of the LSA Code.
4.7 Fast rescue boats
A fast rescue boat must be equipped with:
(a) portable fire‑extinguishing equipment of an approved type suitable for extinguishing oil fires; and
(b) an easily operated fixed single‑point suspension arrangement or equivalent.
4.8 Launching and embarkation appliances
(LSA Code, §6.1.2)
For the purposes of paragraph 6.1.2.10 of the LSA Code, the maximum lowering speed is 1.3 metres per second, or such greater speed as the Manager, Ship Inspections, considers reasonable, having regard to the design of the survival craft or rescue boat, the protection of its occupants from excessive forces, and the strength of the launching arrangements taking into account inertia forces during an emergency stop.
4.9 General alarm and public address system
(LSA Code, §7.2)
In addition to meeting the requirements of paragraph 7.2.1 of the LSA Code, the general emergency alarm required by Regulation 6.4.2 of Chapter III must also comply with IMO Resolution A.830(19): Code on Alarms and Indicators, 1995.
4.10 Visibility of colours
A requirement in the LSA Code to use a ‘highly visible colour’ may be met by use of one of the following colours listed in the Australian Standard 2700:
(a) X 15: orange;
(b) R 11: international orange;
(c) R 12: scarlet.
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