5. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PROVISIONS5. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PROVISIONS

5. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTORY PROVISIONS

5.1 RELEVANT STATUTORY PROVISIONS

Ships operating within Australian Waters must comply with:

Navigation Act 1912 and Marine Orders

Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry Act 1993 Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Regulations Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

State Acts and Regulations relating to State waters

International Convention on Standard of Training. Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)

International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS)

International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships

(MARPOL 73/78)

Marine Notices

Rigs/Offshore platforms operating within Australian waters must comply with:

Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1967

Note Not all of the above are applicable at all times, mariners must take care to ensure they comply at all times with the applicable statutory provisions. Rigs when on transit from one site to another are considered to be ships.

5.2 STATE AND COMMONWEALTH HEALTH AND SAFETY LEGISLATION

5.2.1 GENERAL

Offshore supply vessels are subject at all times to occupational health and safety (OHS) legislation as follows:

Vessels to which the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act apply are subject to the OHS provisions of that Act

Vessels to which Part II of the Navigation Act applies or which are declared under section 8A of that Act must comply with the OHS (Maritime Industry) Act when the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act does not apply to them

Other vessels are subject to the OHS legislation of the relevant State.

5.2.2 THE PETROLEUM (SUBMERGED LANDS) ACT OHS PROVISIONS ALSO APPLY TO:

Offshore installations and any activities on them;

Certain activities carried out in connection with offshore installations, whether carried out from the installation or from a vessel, including:

inspection alteration

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