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Safety of Life at Sea)
          * use (of an equivalent)
          * USL Code (short for Uniform Shipping Laws Code).
Note 2   Other terms used in this Marine Order are defined in the Navigation Act, including:
          * AMSA (short for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority)
          * inspector
          * issuing body
          * Load Lines Convention
          * official logbook
          * owner
          * recognised organisation (for organisations that have been prescribed for the definition — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013)
          * regulated Australian vessel.
Note 3   Information on obtaining copies of any IMO Resolution or document, or any other document that is mentioned in this Marine Order, is available from the AMSA website Marine Orders link at https://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 4   For delegation of AMSA's powers under this Marine Order — see the AMSA website at https://www.amsa.gov.au.

5 Interpretation — SOLAS and other instruments
       (1) For a provision of Chapter II-1 of SOLAS applied, adopted or incorporated by this Marine Order, the Administration is:
(a) for a regulated Australian vessel — AMSA; or
(b) for a foreign vessel — the government of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.
       (2) If an expression used in this Marine Order is also used in a provision of an instrument (such as SOLAS) or other writing applied, adopted or incorporated by this Marine Order, the expression has the same meaning as in that instrument or other writing, unless the contrary intention appears.

6 Application
        This Marine Order applies to a vessel that is:
(a) a regulated Australian vessel; or
(b) a foreign vessel.

7 Exemptions — regulated Australian vessels
       (1) A requirement of this Marine Order does not apply in relation to a regulated Australian vessel if AMSA, under this section, exempts the vessel from the requirement.
       (2) The owner of a regulated Australian vessel may apply to AMSA, in accordance with the application process set out in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, for an exemption of the vessel from a requirement of this Marine Order.
       (3) AMSA may exempt the vessel from the requirement in accordance with the application, but only if satisfied that:
(a) compliance with the requirement would be unnecessary or unreasonable having regard to the vessel, its equipment and its intended voyage; and
(b) giving the exemption would not contravene SOLAS.
Note   Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 deals with the following matters about exemptions:
              * making an application
              * seeking further information about an application
              * the time allowed for consideration of an application
              * imposing conditions on approval of an application
              * notification of a decision on an application
              * review of decisions.

8 Equivalents — regulated Australian vessels
       (1) A requirement under this Marine Order, in relation to