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AMSA MO 2016/6
Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016
I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.
7 June 2016
Michael Kinley
Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
1A Commencement
1B Repeal of Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Exemptions
8 Equivalents
Division 2 Cargo information and weighing
9 Information for master
10 Verification of gross mass of cargo units and cargo carried in certain containers
11 Shipper to ensure shipping document includes verified gross mass
12 Loading of containers — required information
Division 3 Loading, stowage and securing of cargo
13 Use of pesticides in vessels
14 Stowage and securing — requirements
15 Cargo Securing Manual
16 Gross mass limit for packed freight containers
17 Unsafe or inadequate arrangements
18 Additional information
19 Stowage of cargo on deck
20 Material safety data sheets
21 Blending liquid bulk cargoes or production processes on voyages

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
       This Order is Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016.

1A Commencement
       This Order commences on 1 July 2016.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014
       Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014 is repealed.

2 Purpose
       This Order gives effect to Part A of Chapter VI of SOLAS.
Note    For the text of SOLAS — see http://www.imo.org.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) subsection 112(4) which provides that the regulations may provide for the carriage of cargo on a vessel;
(b) subsection 112(5) which provides that the regulations may provide for, among other things, the loading, stowing or carriage of cargo in vessels and the giving of notices for the loading, stowage or carriage of cargo in vessels;
(c) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that the regulations may provide for giving effect to SOLAS;
(d) subsection 341(2) which provides that the regulations may provide for a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter in a document as at a particular time, as in force from time to time or not yet in existence.
       (2)Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to be made prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Navigation Act.
       (3)Section 341 of the Navigation Act provides for the imposition of penalties in regulations.
       (4)Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA