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AMSA MO 2019/6
Marine Order 63 (Vessel reporting systems) 2019
I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Marine Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.
7 November 2019
Michael Kinley
Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Marine Order
1A Commencement
1B Repeal of Marine Order 63 (Vessel reporting systems) 2015
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Geographic positions
6 Application
Division 2 Reporting requirements and other matters
7 Reporting requirements — MASTREP area
8 Reporting requirements — REEFREP area
9 Prescribed area
Schedule 1 MASTREP area
Schedule 2 REEFREP area
Schedule 3 Reports for vessels — MASTREP area
Schedule 4 Reports for vessels — REEFREP area

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Marine Order
       This Marine Order is Marine Order 63 (Vessel reporting systems) 2019.

1A Commencement
       This Marine Order commences on 1 January 2020.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 63 (Vessel reporting systems) 2015
       Marine Order 63 (Vessel reporting systems) 2015 is repealed.

2 Purpose
       (1)This Marine Order gives effect to:
(a) Chapter 5 of the Annex to the SAR Convention; and
(b) Regulation 11 of Chapter V of SOLAS.
       (2)This Marine Order establishes a system for the reporting of the movement of vessels in:
(a) the MASTREP area; and
(b) the REEFREP area.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Marine Order to be made:
(a) section 221 which provides that the regulations may provide for reporting requirements for foreign vessels that are in, entering or leaving a prescribed area, and for regulated Australian vessels in any area;
(b) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that the regulations may give effect to SOLAS;
(c) subsection 341(1) which provides that the regulations may provide for the imposition of penalties for a contravention of the regulations.
       (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 Act.
       (3)Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA may make a Marine Order about anything that must or may be made by the regulations.

4 Definitions
       (1)In this Marine Order:
AIS means the automatic identification system required by paragraph 19.2.4 of Chapter V of SOLAS to be fitted on a vessel.
chemical tanker has the same meaning as in Regulation 1 of Chapter 1 of Annex II of MARPOL.
GISIS means the IMO's Global Integrated Shipping Information System.
INF Code has the same meaning as in Regulation 14 of Chapter VII of SOLAS.
JRCC Australia means AMSA's Joint Rescue Coordination Centre responsible for coordinating search and rescue across the