Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01547:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01547
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 118028–121226

7   Radar conspicuousness                                    As the island itself will provide a good radar echo, no additional radar
                                                             enhancement is required for this site.

 The existing licence between AMSA and the NPWS for tour operation within Montague Island Lighthouse includes additional operational requirements. Access is required by the licencee to conduct tours inside the lighthouse tower (in- keeping with AMSA work safety requirements). The tourism licencee must comply with any

 requirements, notices or orders any government agency having jurisdiction or authority in respect of the land or the use of the land.

 Tourism licencees must have an adequate understanding of the site's heritage values, and  new staff must be educated in the site's history and significance.

AMSA's goals

 Under  the Navigation Act 2012, AMSA is responsible for maintaining a network of marine  AtoN around Australia's coastline assisting mariners to make safe and efficient passages. AMSA's present network of 500 marine aids to navigation include traditional lighthouses (like the Montague Island Lighthouse), beacons, buoys, racons,
 and automatic  identification  system stations,
 broadcasting tide gauges and a current meter.

 Technological developments in the area of vessel traffic management have also contributed  to increase the safety of navigation and helped  promote marine environment protection. AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability
 of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).

 At the time of preparing this management plan,  the major goal for the Montague Island Lighthouse primarily encompassed continuing its utilisation
 as an AtoN, while up-keeping the appropriate maintenance to conserve and preserve the heritage values of the lightstation.

Lighthouse performance standards

 AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by IALA. The Montague Island light is designated as an IALA Availability Category 2 aid to navigation (within a scale of Category 1 to Category 3, Category 1 aids are most critical). Category 2 aids have an availability target  of 99.0 per cent.

Access to the Lighthouse

 One practical effect of this performance standard  is that the operational equipment and structure of the light need to be kept in good repair by regular preventative maintenance and  equipment  that fails is repaired quickly. Routine maintenance and emergency repairs are carried out by AMSA's maintenance contractor. The contractor needs reliable access to the site for this work, and AMSA
 officers also need access for occasional inspections

 of the site including for auditing of the contractor's performance.

6.5             Proposals for change

 Preventative maintenance works are carried out on the lightstation to maintain its status as a working marine AtoN and to assist in the site's conservation.

 A list of scheduled preventative maintenance work is identified within the 12/03/2020 AMSG maintenance inspection report. The information provided below