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Marine Order 71 (Masters and deck officers) 2023

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 1
Compilation date: 23 December 2024

This compilation was prepared on 3 December 2024 including amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 11 — consequential changes) Order 2024
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Marine Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Application
Division 2 Seafarer certificates
6 Requirement to hold a seafarer certificate
7 Issue of certificate
8 Qualifying seagoing service
9 Conditions on certificate ─ training must be maintained
Schedule 1 Duties and functions for which a seafarer certificate is required
Schedule 2 Eligibility requirements for certificates
Schedule 3 Corresponding certificates
Schedule 4 Eligibility requirements for revalidation (reissue) of certificates

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Marine Order
        This Marine Order is Marine Order 71 (Masters and deck officers) 2023.

2 Purpose
        This Marine Order:
(a) prescribes for the Navigation Act standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied for a person to become qualified as a master or deck officer; and
(b) gives effect to the STCW Convention.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Marine Order to be made:
(a) section 28 which provides that regulations may provide for seafarer certificates and give effect to the STCW Convention;
(b) subsection 29(1) which provides that regulations may prescribe different classes of seafarer certificates and require an individual to hold a seafarer certificate of a particular kind in order to undertake particular duties, or perform particular functions, as a seafarer;
(c) subsection 29(2) which provides that the regulations may prescribe, for seafarer certificates, proficiencies, competencies and standards, qualifications, experience, minimum age, character, health, nationality, citizenship or residence;
(d) subsection 29(3) which provides that the regulations may provide for:
 (i) how the attainment of proficiencies, competencies and standards is to be evidenced (including the gaining of sea service and other experience); and
 (ii) the instruction, training and examination of seafarers (including the conduct of exams etc); and
 (iii) the recognition of certificates and other documents granted or issued to or for masters, officers and seafarers under the national law, the law of a State, a Territory or a foreign country; and
 (iv) conditions to which seafarer certificates are subject;
(e) subsection 314(1) which provides that regulations may provide for the following matters for certificates: the persons who may apply, the forms for applying, the way of applying, the information to be included in applications and the documents to accompany applications;
(f) subsection 314(3) which provides that the regulations may provide, for certificates, criteria to be satisfied for their issue, variation or revocation, the time