Marine Orders - Part 47: Mobile Offshore Drilling Units, Issue 2 (Order No. 1 of 2000)
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2 Purpose & application
2.1 Purpose
This Part:
(a) for the purpose of section 190B of the Navigation Act, specifies the requirements with which the construction, hull, equipment and machinery of MODUs must comply;
(b) for the purposes of section 283E of the Navigation Act, makes provision for and in relation to giving effect to IMO resolutions with respect to MODUs; and
(c) for the purposes of paragraph 425(1)(db) of the Navigation Act, generally makes provision for the safe navigation and operation of MODUs.
2.2 Application
This Part applies to:
(a) a MODU registered in Australia; and
(b) a MODU registered in a country other than Australia that is operating as an off-shore industry mobile unit under section 8 of the Navigation Act.
Note: Pre 1 July 1986 MODUs are expected to comply substantially with this Part. However, a MODU constructed prior to 1 July 1986 that is unable to comply with a provision or provisions of this Part, will be exempted from compliance with such provision or provisions to the extent that the Chief Marine Surveyor considers compliance unreasonable and impractical, having regard to the MODU, its equipment and its intended operations, subject to such conditions as that officer thinks fit.