39International obligations

39 International obligations

(1) For the purposes of subsections 12AD(1) and (2) of the Act, the following international agreements are identified: (a) Articles 26, 37 and 38 of the Convention on International Civil Aviation, done at Chicago on 7 December 1944, in so far as those Articles relate to aviation safety investigation, and Annex 13 to that Convention; (b) the following provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, done at London on 1 November 1974: (i) Regulation 21 of Chapter I of the Annex to the Convention; (ii) Regulation 6 of Chapter XI‑1 of the Annex to the Convention; (c) Article 23 of the International Convention on Load Lines, done at London on 5 April 1966; (d) the Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea, done at New York on 6 March 2018; (e) Article 94(7) of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, done at Montego Bay on 10 December 1982.

Note 1: The Convention on International Civil Aviation is in Australian Treaty Series 1957 No. 5 ([1957] ATS 5) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 2: The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea is in Australian Treaty Series 1983 No. 22 ([1983] ATS 22) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 3: The International Convention on Load Lines is in Australian Treaty Series 1968 No. 23 ([1968] ATS 23) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 4: The Treaty between Australia and the Democratic Republic of Timor‑Leste Establishing their Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea is in Australian Treaty Series 2019 No. 16 ([2019] ATS 16) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).

Note 5: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea is in Australian Treaty Series 1994 No. 31 ([1994] ATS 31) and could in 2021 be viewed in the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (https://www.austlii.edu.au).

(2) For the purposes of subsection 12AD(3) of the Act, Part III of the Code of the International Standards and Recommended Practices for a Safety Investigation into a Marine Casualty or Marine Incident, adopted by resolution MSC.255(84) of the Maritime Safety Committee of the Assembly of the International Maritime Organization, is identified.