Marine Orders - Part 9: Health - Medical Fitness, Issue 6
6Requirement to be medically fit
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6 Requirement to be medically fit
6.1 A person must not perform duties as a seafarer, or be taken into employment to perform duties as a seafarer, on a ship to which Part II of the Navigation Act applies unless that person is medically fit to perform those duties.
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6.2 A person must not perform the duties of a coastal pilot unless that person is medically fit to perform those duties.
This is a penal provision
6.3 A person must not perform duties as a seafarer, or be taken into employment to perform duties as a seafarer, on a sea-going vessel registered in Australia: (a) that is not a ship to which Part II of the Navigation Act applies; and (b) in respect of which a law of a State or of the Northern Territory does not give effect to the ILO Convention; unless that person is medically fit for that employment.
This is a penal provision
Note The ILO Convention requires that any person who is employed on a sea-going vessel must be medically examined at two yearly intervals. Provision 6.3 applies only to persons serving on vessels under State/NT jurisdiction when the applicable State/NT law does not adequately give effect to the Convention.