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AMSA MO 2014/14
Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurement) 2014
I, Mick Kinley, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.
14 August 2014
Mick Kinley
Acting Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
1A Commencement
1B Repeal of Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurement) 2003
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Exemptions
Division 2 Certificates issued under the Navigation Act
8 Certificates required
9 Applying for certificates
10 Criteria for the issue of International Tonnage Certificates
11 Conditions of International Tonnage Certificates
12 Duration of certificates
13 Criteria for the revocation of certificates
Division 3 Requirements for foreign vessels
14 Requirements for foreign vessels to which the Tonnage Convention applies
Division 4 Gross tonnage measurement for certain regulated Australian vessels
15 Tonnage measurement in accordance with repealed regulations
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
       This Order is Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurement) 2014.

1A Commencement
       This Order commences on 1 September 2014.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurement) 2003
       Marine Order 19 (Tonnage measurement) 2003 is repealed.

2 Purpose
       This Order:
(a) gives effect to the Tonnage Convention; and
(b) deals with the certification of vessels as evidence of compliance with the Tonnage Convention.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) subsection 153(1) which provides that regulations may give effect to the Tonnage Convention and otherwise provide for the tonnage of vessels;
(b) subsection 153(2) which provides that regulations may provide for the issuing of certificates, assigning tonnages to vessels and measuring of the tonnage of vessels;
(c) section 314 which provides for particular matters relating to certificates;
(d) paragraph 340(1)(e) which also provides that the regulations may give effect to the Tonnage Convention.
       (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) Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA may make a Marine Order about anything that may or must be made by regulation.

4 Definitions
       In this Order:
repealed regulations means the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations in force on 5 September 1994.
Tonnage Convention country means a country or territory to which the Tonnage Convention applies.
Note 1   Some terms used in this Order are defined in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, including:
         * Australian General Shipping Register
         * Australian International Shipping Register
         * IMO
         * MARPOL
         * SOLAS.
Note 2   Other terms used in this Order are defined in the