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Some terms used in this Marine Order are defined in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, including:
         * equivalent
         * IMO
         * MARPOL
         * Navigation Act
         * Pollution Prevention Act
         * SOLAS.
Note 2   Other terms used in this Marine Order are defined in the Navigation Act including:
         * Australian nationality
         * issuing body
         * pollution certificate
         * recognised organisation (for organisations that have been prescribed for the definition — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013)
         * STCW Convention.
Note 3   Other terms used in this Marine Order are defined in the Pollution Prevention Act, including foreign ship.
Note 4   Most provisions of this Marine Order are expressed using terms used in the Navigation Act (eg vessel). However, some provisions of this Marine Order that are made solely under the Pollution Prevention Act use terms used in that Act (eg ship). An example of a provision using terms used in the Pollution Prevention Act is section 30.
Note 5   A copy of IMO documents mentioned in this Marine Order is available on the IMO website at www.imo.org or AMSA's website at www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 6   For delegation of AMSA's powers under this Marine Order — see the AMSA website Marine Orders link at www.amsa.gov.au.

5 Interpretation
       (1) For this Marine Order:
(a) a reference in Annex I or the Condition Assessment Scheme to the Administration is taken to mean AMSA; and
(b) a vessel is taken to have been constructed when:
 (i) the keel is laid; or
 (ii) both:
(A) construction identifiable with a specific vessel starts; and
(B) the lesser of at least 50 tonnes, or 1% of the estimated total mass of all structural material, of the vessel is assembled.
Note for paragraph (a)   AMSA has an agreement with each of the recognised organisations mentioned in Schedule 1 of Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 for the provision of survey and certification services for vessels registered in Australia. These bodies are authorised to provide these services on behalf of AMSA.
       (2) In this Marine Order, a term that is used but is not defined for this Marine Order, and is defined in MARPOL, the STCW Convention has the meaning given by MARPOL or the STCW Convention.
Example   Definition of certificate of competency in Regulation I/1 of the Annex to the STCW Convention.

6 Application
      1.           Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Marine Order applies to a vessel that is:
(a)  a regulated Australian vessel; or
(b)  a foreign vessel; or
(c)  a recreational vessel; or
(d)  a domestic commercial vessel.
      1.           This Marine Order does not apply to a vessel that is owned or operated by a country other than Australia and used, for the time being, on government non-commercial