means an unplanned event, during the course of a pilotage, in which a ship, ship, vessel, person or the built or natural environment suffers injury or damage.
Act
means the
Navigation Act 1912
amend
, for a licence, includes the following:
amend an existing licence condition;
impose a new licence condition;
(c)
remove an existing licence condition.
AMSA
means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
AMSA Act
means the
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990
approved auditor
— see provision 24.
approved fatigue risk management plan
means a plan approved under provision 59.
Certificate of Medical Fitness
— see Marine Orders, Part 9 (Health
— Medical Fitness), provision 2, meaning of
Certificate of Medical Fitness
check pilot
means a licensee who holds a check pilot licence.
check pilot licence
— see provision 66.
chemical tanker
means a cargo ship constructed or adapted and used for the carriage in bulk of any liquid product listed in Chapter 17 of the IBC Code or Chapter VI of the BCH Code, as defined in Marine Orders Part 17 (Liquefied Gas Carriers and Chemical Tankers).
competency assessment
means a process of checking the competency of a pilot using an approved bridge simulator.
compliance audit
, for a pilotage provider, means an audit conducted under Subdivision
2.4 by or for AMSA to establish whether the pilotage provider complies with this Part, including the requirements for a fatigue risk management system and a safety management plan.
cruise ship anchorage
means:
for the Whitsundays Plan of Management 1998
— an anchorage specified in
the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983; and
(b) for a cruise ship anchorage in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park — see the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983, regulation 3.
Note Designated anchorage means a point or an area described in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulations 1983, Schedule 1.
designated person
— see provision 45.
disciplinary action
:
for disciplinary action against a pilotage provider
— see provision 29; and
for disciplinary action against a licensed pilot
— see provision 89.
draught
means the draught taken when a ship is stopped in water and not making way.
fatigue risk management plan
means:
(a) if a fatigue risk management plan is approved under provision 59 — the approved fatigue risk management plan; or
(b) in any other case — the fatigue risk management plan published by AMSA under provision 58.
gas carrier
means a cargo ship constructed or adapted, and used, for the carriage in bulk of any liquefied gas or other products listed in Chapter 19 of the IGC Code or Chapter XIX of the GC Code, as defined in Marine Orders Part 17 (Liquefied Gas Carriers and Chemical Tankers).
Great North East Channel
means the area bounded by a line that progressively joins, on geodesic lines, the following points:
Point
Latitude
Longitude
1
10 41.0S
141 50.0E
2
10 28.0S
141 50.0E
3
10 28.0S
142 27.0E
4
10 18.0S
142 48.0E
5
9 48.0S
143 08.0E
6
9 30.0S
143 24.0E
7
9 45.0S
143 24.0E
8
10 20.0S
143 00.0E
9
10 41.0S
141 50.0E
Hydrographers Passage
means the area defined as the Hydrographers Passage under the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulation 1983, regulation 118 (3).
inner route pilotage area
means:
(a) the waters bounded by:
(i) the Australian mainland; and
(ii) the outer eastern edge of the Great Barrier Reef; and
(iii) the northern boundary of the Great Barrier Reef Region that is latitude 10º 41.00´S; and
(iv) latitude 1639.91S; and
(b) the Torres Strait, excluding the waters north of latitude 10º 28.00´S and east of longitude 142º 39.00´E.
Note 1 For subpar (a) (ii), the outer eastern edge of the Great Barrier Reef is depicted on official nautical charts produced by the Australian Hydrographic Service.
Note 2 For subpar (a) (iii), the Great Barrier Reef Region is defined in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975.
internal audit
means an examination of the measures and procedures of a pilotage provider carried out by or for the pilotage provider to verify if the measures and procedures mentioned in this Part have been implemented correctly.
leave
means a period when a pilot is not involved in pilotage duties and is not on call or roster for an agreed time.
licensee
, for a pilot licence
— see provision 70.
oil tanker
means a ship constructed and used for the carriage in bulk of petroleum and petroleum products.
passage plan model
means the model for detailed passage plans for pilotages in the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait approved by AMSA for provision
Note: Passage plan models for the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait are available on the AMSA website.
penal provision means a penal provision for the Navigation (Orders) Regulations 1980, regulation 4.
Note Navigation (Orders) Regulations 1980, r 4 (1), states:
Note: (1) A person commits an offence if the person does not comply with a provision of an order that is made under subsection 425 (1AA) of the Act and that is expressed to be a penal provision.
Note: Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note: (2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
means each of the areas mentioned in provision
pilot launch
means a vessel that is transferring a pilot to or from a ship for the purpose of pilotage.
pilot licence
— see provision 65.
pilotage provider licence
means a licence issued to a person to conduct business as a pilotage provider under Division 2.
pilot transfer standards
means the standards mentioned in Schedule 1 for the transfer of pilots to a ship for transit through a pilotage area.
REEFREP
means the reporting system provided for in Marine Orders Part 56 (REEFREP).
REEFREP area — see Marine Orders Part 56 (REEFREP), provision 2, definition of REEFREP area.
REEFVTS
— see Marine Orders Part 56 (REEFREP), provision 2, definition of REEFVTS.
restricted pilot licence
— see provision 68.
safety management system
— see provision 60.
State
includes the Northern Territory.
Torres Strait
means the waters bounded:
on the south by latitude 10 41.00 S; and
on the east:
(i) for a ship moving eastward — by longitude 143 22.00 E; or
(ii) for any other ship — by longitude 143 24.00 E; and
(c) on the north by the line of Australia’s exclusive economic zone; and
(d) on the west:
(i) for a ship of less than 8 m draught moving eastward — by longitude 142 05.00 E; or
(ii) for a ship of 8 m draught or more moving eastward — by longitude 141 50.00 E; or
(iii) for a ship moving westward — by longitude 141 51.70 E.
trainee pilot licence — see provision 69.
unrestricted pilot licence — see provision 67.
Whitsundays pilotage area
means the area defined as the Whitsundays compulsory pilotage area by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Regulation 1983, regulation 118 (4).
Note Terms used in this Part have the same meaning that they have in the Act. For example, the following terms are defined in the Act: