Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01613:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2022L01613
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/11)
Character Range: 102385–105492

7                                              Radar conspicuousness                                    As the cape itself will give a good radar echo, no additional radar enhancement is required for this site.

Tourist access
The existing licence between AMSA and the tour operator includes additional requirements. Access is required by the licensee to conduct tours inside the lighthouse tower (in-keeping with AMSA work safety requirements). The tourism licensee must comply with any requirements, notices or orders any government agency having jurisdiction or authority in respect of the land or the use of the land. Tourism licensees must have an adequate understanding of the site's heritage values, and new staff must be educated in the site's history and significance.
AMSA's goals
AMSA is responsible, under the Navigation Act, for maintaining a network of marine AtoN around Australia's coastline that assist mariners to make safe and efficient passages. AMSA's present network of approximately 500 marine AtoN includes traditional lighthouses such as Table Cape Lighthouse, beacons, buoys, racons, automatic identification system stations, metocean sensors including broadcasting tide gauges, current meter, directional wave rider buoys and a weather station.

Technological developments in the area of vessel traffic management have also contributed to increasing navigation safety and helped promote marine environment protection. AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).

At the time of preparing this management plan, the major goal for Table Cape Lighthouse primarily to continue its utilisation as an AtoN (for as long as necessary), while upkeeping the appropriate maintenance to conserve and preserve the heritage values of the lighthouse.
Lighthouse performance standards
AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by IALA. Table Cape's light is designated as an IALA Availability Category 2 AtoN (within a scale of Category 1 to Category 3, Category 1 aids are most critical). Category 2 aids have an availability target of 99.0 per cent.

Access to the lighthouse
One practical effect of this performance standard is that the operational equipment and structure of the light need to be kept in good repair by regular preventative maintenance and equipment that fails in service is repaired quickly. Routine maintenance and emergency repairs are carried out by AMSA's maintenance contractor. The contractor needs reliable access to the site for this work, and AMSA officers need access for occasional inspections of the site including auditing the contractor's performance.

  6.5 Proposals for change
Preventative maintenance works are carried out on the lighthouse to maintain its status as a working marine AtoN, and to assist in the site's conservation.
A list of scheduled preventative maintenance work is identified within the latest available site inspection report. The information provided below was