Source: https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2009L04163
Timestamp: 2018-01-24 05:12:31
Document Index: 248299578

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 94', 'art 94', 'art 94', 'art 94', 'art 41', 'art.\n6', 'art 41']

Marine Orders - Part 94: Marine Pollution Prevention—Packaged Harmful Substances, Issue 5
Details: F2009L04163
- F2009L04163
Order No. 8 of 2009 Orders/Marine as made
These Orders repeal the Marine Orders - Part 94: Marine Pollution Prevention - Packaged Harmful Substances, Issue 4 (Order No. 5 of 2005) and prescribes matters for the purpose of giving effect to Annex III of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL 73/78), in relation to packaged harmful substances.
General Comments: This Marine Order was originally made under subsection 425(1AA) of the Navigation Act 1912 and subsection 34(1) of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983. To the extent that this Order was made under the Navigation Act 1912 it has effect, for the purposes of the Navigation Act 2012, with such modifications as are specified in Marine Order 4 (Transitional modifications) 2013 (see section 343 of the Navigation Act 2012 and Schedule 40 of Marine Order 4 (Transitional modifications) 2013).
Made 18 Nov 2009
Tabled HR 25 Nov 2009
Tabled Senate 26 Nov 2009
Date of repeal 22 Feb 2014
Repealed by Marine Order 94 (Marine pollution prevention — packaged harmful substances) 2014
Packaged Harmful Substances
Order No. 8 of 2009
Pursuant to subsection 425(1AA) of the Navigation Act 1912 and subsection 34(1) of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983, I hereby make this Order repealing Marine Orders Part 94, Issue 4, and substituting the attached Marine Orders Part 94, Issue 5, to come into operation from 1 January 2010
6 Convention requirements
7 Prescribed matters
8 Port State control on operational requirements
Appendix Marine Pollutants Report Form
Issue 1, Order No.12 of 1994
Issue 2, Order No.7 of 1998
Issue 3, Order No.9 of 2001
Issue 4, Order No.5 of 2005
1.1.1 Annex III of MARPOL provides regulations aimed at preventing the pollution of the sea by harmful substances carried by sea in packaged form. This Part of Marine Orders gives effect to all or part of the following regulations of Annex III:
(a) Regulations 1 to 4, which deal with packing, marking, labelling and documentation of harmful substances;
(b) Regulations 5 and 6, which deal with the stowage of packages containing harmful substances and the limitation of quantities of such substances; and
(c) Regulation 8, which deals with port State control on operational requirements.
1.1.2 The Part also prescribes various matters, such as the manner of notifying an incident, for the purposes of Division 12B of Part IV of the Navigation Act and Part IIIA of the Pollution Prevention Act.
1.2.1 Subsection 425(1) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to be made prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act. Section 267ZC of the Navigation Act provides that the regulations may make provision for and in relation to giving effect to Regulations 1 to 6 (inclusive) of Annex III of MARPOL.
Annex III means Annex III to MARPOL;
Deputy CEO means the person occupying the position of Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Maritime Operations in AMSA;
harmful substance means a substance which is identified as a marine pollutant in the IMDG Code;
Note Guidelines for the identification of harmful substances are set out in the Appendix to Annex III.
IMDG Code means the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code as defined in Marine Orders, Part 41;
MARPOL has the same meaning as 'the Convention' in the Pollution Prevention Act;
Note MARPOL is to be found in a Consolidated Edition, 2006, published by IMO. The text of Annex III contained in the 2006 Consolidated Edition has been amended by IMO Resolution MEPC.156(55).
packaged form means a form of containment specified for harmful substances in the IMDG Code;
penal provision means a penal provision for the purposes of Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Orders) Regulations 1980 or Regulation 4 of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships)(Orders) Regulations 1994;
Note 2 Regulation 4 of the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) (Orders) Regulations provides that a person who fails to comply with a provision of an order made under subsection 34(1) of the Pollution Prevention Act that is expressed to be a penal provision is guilty of an offence and is punishable by a fine not exceeding 50 penalty units. The maximum penalty that a court may impose on a body corporate that fails to comply with a penal provision is 250 penalty units.
surveyor means a person appointed as a surveyor under section 190 of the Navigation Act;
the Pollution Prevention Act means the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983.
Note Information on obtaining copies of IMO resolutions and documents referred to in this part is available from AMSA on AMSA’s website: www.amsa.gov.au; or via email: international.relations@amsa.gov.au.
(a) headings and sub-headings are part of the Part;
Subject to subsection 33(2A) of the Pollution Prevention Act and subsection 267ZB(2) of the Navigation Act, this Part applies to and in relation to a ship:
(a) to which the Convention is expressed to apply; or
5.1.1 If a surveyor makes a decision under this Part, a person affected by the decision may, within 3 months of the date of notification of the decision or such longer period as determined by the Deputy CEO, apply to the Deputy CEO for review of that decision.
(a) affirm the original decision by the surveyor; or
(b) make any decision that could be made by the surveyor in accordance with this Part.
6.1 By virtue of subsection 267ZC of the Navigation Act, regulations 1 to 6 (inclusive) of Annex III have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.
6.2 For the purposes of paragraph 3 of regulation 4 of Annex III, AMSA is the designated organisation.
Note A copy of the special list, manifest or stowage plan required by paragraph 3 of Regulation 4 of Annex III should be made available before departure to the surveyor in charge of marine surveys for AMSA at the port of loading, or, if no such surveyor is located at the port of loading, to AMSA’s surveyor at the AMSA office nearest to the port of loading.
7.1 Washing substances overboard
For the purposes of subsections 26AB(6) and 26B(11) of the Pollution Prevention Act, a substance is to be taken to have been washed overboard in accordance with the orders if the person who authorises the washing overboard, after considering the physical, chemical and biological properties of the substance, reasonably believes that washing overboard is the most appropriate manner of disposal.
7.2 Prescribed officer
For the purposes of section 26B of the Pollution Prevention Act, the following persons are prescribed officers:
(a) the General Manager, Emergency Response, in AMSA; and
(b) the Deputy CEO.
7.3 Prescribed manner of notifying an incident
For the purposes of subsections 26B(3) and 26B(5) of the Pollution Prevention Act, an incident is notified in the prescribed manner if it is notified by:
(c) a radio message; or
(d) an E-mail message
conveyed either direct to the prescribed officer or through the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) Australia, being a message that commences with the code letters POLREP and the name, IMO number and radio call-sign of the ship.
Note The following are contact details for the Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC) Australia: Telephone: +61 (02) 6230
6811; Freecall: 1800 641 792 (within Australia); Facsimile: +61 (0)2 6230 6868; AFTN: YSARYCYX;
7.4 Prescribed form¾marine pollutants report
7.4.1 For the purposes of subsections 26B(8) and 26B(9) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the prescribed form for a marine pollutants report is the form set out in the Appendix.
7.4.2 Where a time is required to be specified in a marine pollutants report, it must be expressed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
7.5 Prescribed time for furnishing a report
For the purposes of subsections 26B(8) and 26B(9) of the Pollution Prevention Act, the period of 24 hours immediately following receipt of a request for a report is the prescribed time.
Note Provision 13 of Marine Orders Part 41 prescribes requirements to report incidents at sea involving dangerous goods that are not marine pollutants.
8.1 Inspection of ships
If a surveyor has clear grounds for believing that the master or crew of a ship in a port in Australia are not familiar with essential shipboard procedures relating to the prevention of pollution by harmful substances, the surveyor may inspect the ship.
8.2 Detention of ships
8.2.1 A surveyor intending to inspect a ship under 8.1 may, by order in writing addressed to the master, detain it.
8.2.2 When the surveyor is satisfied that the ship is able to proceed to sea without presenting an unreasonable threat of harm to the marine environment, he or she is to revoke the detention order.
8.2.3 The master of a ship must comply with an order under 8.2.1.
Marine Pollutants Report Form
Note If any of the following items of the ship reporting format are inappropriate they should be omitted from the report. These items of the standard reporting format are referred to in IMO Resolution A.851(20) as amended by MEPC.138(53).
Note Time must be expressed as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
C latitude and longitude
D true bearing and distance
full names of stations
2. UN number or numbers
4. Names of manufacturers of goods, or consignee, or consignor
5. Types of packages, including identification marks
specify whether portable tank, freight container or other cargo transport container, including official registration marks and numbers assigned to the unit.
6. An estimate of the quantity and likely condition of the goods
1. Condition of ship
2. Ability to transfer cargo/ballast/fuel
6. An estimate of the quantity and condition of the goods
Name, address, telephone number and facsimile or telex number of the ship's owner and representative
1. Action being taken with regard to the discharge and to the movement of the ship.