1 Definitions

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

Authority means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority;

Convention means the Repatriation of Seafarers (Revised) Convention, 1987, adopted by the 74th (Maritime) Session of the International Labour Conference, the text of which is set out in Appendix 2;

repatriation means the conveyance of a seafarer to his or her proper return port, other than in the discharge of duties in accordance with the seafarer's agreement;

seafarer means a person serving on a ship to which Part II of the Navigation Act applies and includes a master, officer or seaman but does not include a pilot, a person who is not a member of the crew, a supernumerary, or special personnel as defined in section 283 of the Navigation Act; and

war zone means a zone agreed to be a war zone between the owner of the ship and the employee organisation representing the seafarer.

1.2 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.