Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01133:reg:8:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01133
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 6/9)
Character Range: 68644–71363

only if satisfied that:
     (a) it is in the public interest to approve the application; and
(b) the applicant has the written approval of a registration authority to deliver and assess the training course; and
(c) the applicant has the capacity to provide the training course so that it meets the requirements of the STCW Convention for the course.
Note for paragraph (b)   For information about registered training organisations and the training they are approved to deliver — see the website at http://training.gov.au. If the training course is within the scope of the seafarer training organisation's registration by a registration authority, the course has been approved.
       (3) Paragraph (2)(b) does not apply to applications by the Australian Maritime College for approval to provide Advanced Diploma courses or degree courses.
       (4) If AMSA does not decide the application within the period mentioned in section 52, AMSA is taken to have decided to refuse the application.
       (5) However, if AMSA does not decide the application within the period mentioned in section 52, AMSA may decide to approve the application after that period.

54 Term of approval
       (1) An approval:
(a) comes into force on the day it is issued; and
(b) expires on the earliest of the following:
 (i) the day determined by AMSA;
 (ii) the day, if any, it is cancelled under section 55;
 (iii) the day 5 years after it is issued.
 (2) If an approval is suspended, it is not in force during the period of suspension.

55 Cancellation or suspension of approval
       (1) AMSA may cancel or suspend an approval under this Division if:
(a) the seafarer training organisation fails to comply with a condition imposed on the approval; or
(b) the seafarer training organisation is providing a training course the delivery of which is not approved by a registration authority.
       (2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply to a course provided by the Australian Maritime College that is an Advanced Diploma or degree course.

56 Application for renewal of approval
       (1) The holder of an approval to conduct a training course may apply to AMSA to renew the approval.
Note 1   If a form is approved for the application, the approved form must be used and is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013.
Note 2   A fee may be determined for this section — see s 47 of the AMSA Act.
       (2) The application must be:
(a) in writing; and
(b) received by AMSA no later than 90 days before the approval expires.
       (3) An application for renewal of an approval is to be dealt with by AMSA as an application for approval under section 51.
Subdivision 8.2 Training course