16Condition — listening watch

16 Condition – listening watch

If: (a) a person authorised to operate a maritime ship station is at sea; and (b) the person is on a ship in a class mentioned in column 1 of a table item in Schedule 9; the person must maintain a listening watch: (c) of the kind mentioned in column 2 of the table item; and (d) that complies with any requirement mentioned in column 3 of the table item.

Note 1: Radio watch requirements for ship stations Class B may also be found in the provisions of the National Standard for Commercial Vessels, or marine orders made by AMSA. The National Standard for Commercial Vessels is available, free of charge, from AMSA’s website at www.amsa.gov.au. Marine orders are legislative instruments and are available, free of charge, from the Federal Register of Legislation at www.legislation.gov.au.

Note 2: A particular ship may fall within 2 or more classes mentioned in column 1 of the table. If so, it must maintain each listening watch mentioned in the corresponding entries in column 2, and comply with the requirements mentioned in the corresponding entries in column 3.