Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00401:reg:4:p4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00401
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 4 (pt 4/13)
Character Range: 32248–34968

Australian vessel, the defect must be reported:
(a) at the earliest opportunity to AMSA; and
(b) if the vessel is in port of another SOLAS Contracting Government — immediately to the appropriate authority of the SOLAS Contracting Government.
       (2) In subsection (1):
defect has the meaning given by Regulation 11(c) of Chapter I of SOLAS.
Note 1   An approved form for the reporting of defects to AMSA is available on AMSA's website at http://www.amsa.gov.au/forms.
Note 2    Under sections 185 and 186 of the Navigation Act, the owner and master of a vessel have reporting obligations in relation to marine incidents. Section 23A of Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013 prescribes matters for sections 185 and 186.

31 Reporting by vessel that is nuclear vessel
(SOLAS, Chapter VIII, Regulation 7(b))
       (1) The owner or master of a regulated Australian vessel to which Chapter VIII of SOLAS applies must provide to the government of a country that it is to visit a copy of the vessel's safety assessment sufficiently in advance before the arrival of the vessel.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2) The owner or master of a foreign vessel to which Chapter VIII of SOLAS applies must provide to AMSA a copy of the vessel's safety assessment sufficiently in advance before the arrival of the vessel in its first port in Australia.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is a strict liability offence.
       (4) A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1) or (2).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   Sufficiently in advance is taken to mean as soon as possible. This may be as soon as the vessel's voyage or routing plan identifying intended ports of call is determined but at least 12 months before arrival.

32 Marine incidents
        For paragraph (l) of the definition of marine incident in subsection 14(1) of the Navigation Act, damage to a vessel is prescribed if:
(a) it has become, or is likely to become, an environmental hazard; and
(b) the vessel is subject to Chapter VIII of SOLAS.
Division 5 Approval matters

33 Approval of in-water inspections
       (1) The owner of a vessel may apply to AMSA for approval of an in-water inspection to replace any of the dry-dock inspections required under this Marine Order.
Note 1   For a SOLAS certificate, the effect of Regulations 7 and 10 of Chapter I and Regulation 9 of Chapter VIII of SOLAS and the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification is that a vessel is required to have 2 dry-dock inspections in the applicable validity period of a SOLAS certificate.
Note 2   For a non-SOLAS certificate, the dry-dock inspection requirements are