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take a compensatory rest period; and
(b) ensure that any other seafarer who performed work in a scheduled rest period while the circumstances existed is given a compensatory rest period.
       (4)If a seafarer's minimum hours of rest are disturbed by call outs to work while the seafarer is on call (eg when a machinery space is unattended), the seafarer must be given a compensatory rest period.
       (5)Musters, fire-fighting and lifeboat drills, and drills required by legislation or international instruments, must be conducted in a way that minimises the disturbance of rest periods and does not induce fatigue.
Note 1   Under section 185 of the Navigation Act, the owner of a vessel must report marine incidents and dangers to navigation to AMSA.  Under section 186 of the Navigation Act, the master of a vessel must report marine incidents and dangers to navigation to AMSA.  Section 23A of Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 prescribes matters in relation to reports under sections 185 and 186.
Note 2   Section 221 of the Navigation Act enables requirements to be prescribed for reporting about movements of vessels.  Marine Order 63 (vessel reporting systems) 2015 prescribes the requirements.

14 Watch schedules
       (1)The owner of a vessel must ensure that current watch schedules are displayed in areas of the vessel easily accessible by all seafarers on board.
       (2)The schedules must be in a standardised format in:
(a) the working language of the vessel; and
(b) if the working language of the vessel is not English — in English.

15 Records of hours of rest — regulated Australian vessels
       (1)A seafarer must record his or her hours of rest for the duration of the seafarer's assignment to a vessel.
Note   For offences relating to false or misleading information or documents — see Division 137 of the Criminal Code.
       (2)For subsection (1), a seafarer must:
(a) make a personal record of his or her hours of rest every day; and
(b) transfer the personal record to the records of the vessel within 7 days after the period of rest to which the record relates.
       (3)The owner of a vessel must keep records transferred under paragraph (2)(b) for at least the retention period.
       (4)The records of the vessel must be in a standardised format:
(a) in the working language of the vessel; and
(b) if the working language of the vessel is not English — in English; and
(c) that provides for the endorsement by each seafarer and the master, or 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,