Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00094:section:161
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161  Simplified outline of this Chapter
 (1) This Chapter deals with the safety of navigation.
 (2) Part 2 deals with pilotage for certain vessels. It includes provisions relating to the following:
 (a) establishing the requirements for compulsory pilotage and a procedure for seeking exemptions from the requirements;
 (b) providing for the issue of licences;
 (c) providing for pilots to issue certificates as evidence of the provision of pilotage;
 (d) the approval and duties of pilotage providers;
 (e) establishing offences and civil penalties for navigation without a licensed pilot, failure to comply with exemption conditions and false representation as a licensed pilot;
 (f) providing for the reporting of movement or intended movement of vessels.
 (3) Part 3 deals with prevention of collisions.
 (4) Part 4 imposes obligations to render assistance and report incidents.
 (5) Part 5 deals with aids to navigation. It includes provisions:
 (a) empowering AMSA to acquire, establish, maintain and inspect aids to navigation; and
 (b) empowering AMSA to deal with things that may interfere with safe navigation; and
 (c) establishing offences and civil penalty provisions for the fouling or destruction of, or damage to or interference with, aids to navigation.
 (6) Part 6 deals with safe navigation. It includes provisions about the following:
 (a) vessel traffic services (Division 2);
 (b) mandatory routeing (Division 3);
 (c) reporting of movement of vessels (Division 4);
 (d) the Australian Hydrographic Office (Division 5).

Part 2—Pilotage

Division 1—Vessels to which this Part applies