Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00336:reg:5:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00336
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 3/9)
Character Range: 33393–36049

from the water
       (1) This section applies to a vessel to which section 25, Division 5 or Division 6 applies.
       (2) The owner or master of the vessel must ensure that the vessel complies with Regulation 17-1 of Chapter III for plans and procedures for the recovery of a person from the water.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3) For a vessel constructed before 1 July 2014, subsection (2) applies from the earlier of:
(a) the date when a renewal survey for a certificate of survey is required; or
(b) the date when a periodic survey for a certificate of survey is required.
       (4) An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
       (5) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   For a vessel to which Division 4, other than section 25, applies — see section 24.

Schedule 1 Regulated Australian vessels — additional requirements for cargo vessels at least 500GT and for all passenger vessels
(section 26)

Division 1 Narcotic drugs and goods for therapeutic use

1 Narcotic drugs
      (1) The vessel must carry narcotic drugs for use in survival craft as follows:
(a) for a vessel certified to carry up to 15 persons — at least 1 pack;
(b) for any other vessel — at least 2 packs.
      (2) For subclause (1), a pack must contain:
(a) 5 doses of morphine sulphate injection 15 mg, each in a 1 ml disposable syringe pack; or
(b) 5 doses of morphine sulphate injection 15 mg, each in a 1 ml ampoule, with 5 sterile disposable syringes, complete with needles, per ampoule; or
(c) 6 doses of Omnopon Tubunic 30 mg (equivalent to anhydrous morphine 15 mg).
      (3) The narcotic drugs must:
(a) be ready to transfer to lifeboats or liferafts if there is an emergency; and
(b) be stowed in:
 (i) the locked inner cupboard of the vessel's medical cabinet; or
 (ii) a secure location in the wheelhouse or normal navigating position.

2 Goods for therapeutic use
       Any articles in a first-aid outfit, or narcotic drugs carried on a vessel for use on survival craft, that are goods for therapeutic use for the Therapeutic Goods Act 1989 must comply with the standards that apply to the goods under that Act.

Division 2 Requirements for Regulations under Chapter III

3 Immersion suits, anti‑exposure suits and thermal protective aids
[SOLAS, Chapter III, regulations 7.3, 22.4 and 32.3]
       For Regulations 7.3, 22.4. and 32.3 of Chapter III, a vessel need not carry immersion suits, anti‑exposure suits or thermal protective aids if the vessel is engaged on voyages only in areas where the average monthly sea water temperature is more than