1 Definitions

1.1 In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, the following definitions apply:

AMSA means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority;

Company means the owner of the ship or any other organisation or person such as the manager, or the bareboat charterer, who has assumed the responsibility for operation of the ship from the shipowner and who, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed on the company by these orders;

IMO means the International Maritime Organization;

Manager means the person occupying the position of Manager, Marine Operations and Personnel in AMSA, or in respect of any particular purpose under this Part, a person authorised by the Manager for that purpose;

STCW Code means the Seafarers’ Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) Code as adopted by the 1995 Conference of Parties to the Convention as Resolution 2;

STCW Convention means the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers, 1978, as amended;

1.2 In this Part, unless otherwise provided or unless the context otherwise requires, words and phrases have the same meaning as they have in the STCW Convention or STCW Code.

1.3 In this Part:

(a) headings and sub-headings are part of the Part;
(b) each Appendix is part of the Part;
(c) a note included in the text and printed in italics is not part of the Part.