sec.59Way to notify reportable incidents— Act , s 67

sec.59 Way to notify reportable incidents— Act , s 67

For section 67 (2) and (3) of the Act , a reportable incident in relation to a ship may be notified to an authorised officer by communicating the reportable incident to a relevant person at— any of the following centres of MSQ— Brisbane Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Cairns Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Gladstone Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Hay Point Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Townsville Vessel Traffic Service Centre; or the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Australian Maritime Safety Authority. The communication must— start with the code word ‘POLREP’; and include the following information— the name of the ship and its flag of registry; if the ship has a call sign—the ship’s call sign; the size and type of the ship; the date and time of the reportable incident; the ship’s position when the reportable incident happened and at the time of the notification; the prevailing weather conditions when the reportable incident happened; the course and speed of the ship at the time of the notification; whether the ship has been damaged and, if so, the extent of the damage; if the reportable incident involved a discharge, probable discharge or jettisoning of a harmful substance—the type and extent of the discharge, probable discharge or jettisoning of the harmful substance, including the type of oil or the correct technical name of the noxious liquid substance or harmful substance in packaged form. In this section— communicating means communicating by email, fax, radio, telephone or telex. relevant person means an officer or employee of MSQ or the Australian Maritime Safety Authority. (sec.59-ssec.1) For section 67 (2) and (3) of the Act , a reportable incident in relation to a ship may be notified to an authorised officer by communicating the reportable incident to a relevant person at— any of the following centres of MSQ— Brisbane Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Cairns Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Gladstone Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Hay Point Vessel Traffic Service Centre; Townsville Vessel Traffic Service Centre; or the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Australian Maritime Safety Authority. (sec.59-ssec.2) The communication must— start with the code word ‘POLREP’; and include the following information— the name of the ship and its flag of registry; if the ship has a call sign—the ship’s call sign; the size and type of the ship; the date and time of the reportable incident; the ship’s position when the reportable incident happened and at the time of the notification; the prevailing weather conditions when the reportable incident happened; the course and speed of the ship at the time of the notification; whether the ship has been damaged and, if so, the extent of the damage; if the reportable incident involved a discharge, probable discharge or jettisoning of a harmful substance—the type and extent of the discharge, probable discharge or jettisoning of the harmful substance, including the type of oil or the correct technical name of the noxious liquid substance or harmful substance in packaged form. (sec.59-ssec.3) In this section— communicating means communicating by email, fax, radio, telephone or telex. relevant person means an officer or employee of MSQ or the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.