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a person authorised by the master, of the record relating to the seafarer's hours of rest.
Note   The standardised format may be the format mentioned in note 1 at the foot of this section.
       (5)The owner of a vessel must, on request by a seafarer during the retention period, give the seafarer a copy of the records relating to the seafarer endorsed by the master, or a person authorised by the master, and by the seafarer.
       (6)The records must be available for inspection by an inspector during the retention period.
       (7)In this section:
       retention period means the 12 months after the events have been recorded and transferred by the seafarer in accordance with subsection (2).
Note 1   The IMO/ILO guidelines for the development of tables of seafarers' shipboard working arrangements and formats of records of seafarers' hours of work or hours of rest may be used for the watch schedules and keeping of records.  The guidelines are available at http://www.imo.org. A sample form of notice of shipboard working arrangements is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 2   It is an offence for the owner of a regulated Australian vessel not to ensure that records of hours of rest of a seafarer are maintained in accordance with this Division and a copy is provided to the seafarer — see section 28 of Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions on vessels) 2015.

16 Records of hours of rest — foreign vessels
       (1)The owner of a foreign vessel must keep records of daily hours of rest of each seafarer of the vessel that are maintained in accordance with Regulation 7 of Section A–VIII/1 of the STCW Code for the retention period.
       (2)The records must be available for inspection by an inspector during the retention period.
       (3)In this section:
retention period means:
(a) if the Administration for the vessel has specified a period of time for retention of the records — that period of time; or
(b) in any other case — the 12 months after the daily hours of rest of the seafarer are recorded.
the Administration means the government of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.
Note   Regulation 7 of Section A-VIII/1 of the STCW Code requires records of daily hours of rest of seafarers to be maintained in a standardised format in the working language or languages of the vessel and in English.  It also requires seafarers to receive a copy of the records relating to them, which must be endorsed by the master or by a person authorised by the master and by the seafarer.

17 Observance of STCW watchkeeping standards
       (1)The master, the chief engineer and any other person involved in watchkeeping