2 Definitions of words and phrases used in this Part

approved means approved by the Chief Marine Surveyor;

AMSA means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990;

Chief Marine Surveyor means the person occupying the position of Manager, Ship Inspections, in AMSA or, in respect of any particular purpose under this Part, a suitably qualified person authorised by the Manager, Ship Inspections, for that purpose;

BC Code means the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes, 2001 Edition, published by IMO, as amplified by the Appendix to this Part;

dangerous goods in solid form in bulk means any material, other than liquid or gas, consisting of a combination of particles, granules or any larger pieces of material, generally uniform in composition, which is covered by the IMDG Code and is loaded directly into the cargo spaces of a ship without any intermediate form of containment, and includes such materials loaded in a barge on a barge-carrying ship;

General Manager means the person occupying the position of General Manager, Maritime Operations, in AMSA;

IMDG Code means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code as defined in Marine Orders, Part 41;

IMO means the International Maritime Organization;

operator 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 owner of the ship and who on assuming such responsibility has agreed to take over all duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Safety Management Code;

penal provision means a penal provision for the purposes of Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Orders) Regulations;[1]

SOLAS means the Safety Convention as defined in the Navigation Act 1912;

solid bulk cargo, for the purposes of this Part, excludes grain but includes slurry;

surveyor-in-charge means:

(a) in the case of a port where a marine survey office of AMSA is situated—the surveyor in charge of that office; and
(b) in the case of any other port—the surveyor in charge of the marine survey office of AMSA nearest to that port.

terminal representative means a person appointed by the terminal or other facility, where the ship is loading or unloading, who has responsibility for operations conducted by that terminal or facility with regard to the particular ship.[2]