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Marine Order 73 (Ratings) 2014

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 2

Compilation date: 1 January 2018

This compilation was prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority on 22 December 2017 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 76 — consequential changes) Order 2017

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Application
6 Certification taken to be qualification to perform duties
7 Grades of certificate — permitted duties or functions
Division 2 Requirements
8 General requirements
9 Qualifying seagoing service — general requirements
10 Revalidation requirements
Division 3 Transitional arrangements
12 Expiry of previously issued certificates
13 Current certificates of proficiency as ratings holders
Schedule 1 Grades of certificate — permitted duties or functions
Schedule 2 Eligibility requirements for certificates
Schedule 3 Qualifying seagoing service — general requirements
Schedule 4 Requirements for revalidation of certificates
Schedule 5 Transitional arrangements for certificates
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
       This Order is Marine Order 73 (Ratings) 2014.

2 Purpose
       (1)This Order:
(a) specifies standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied by a person to be a qualified rating under the Navigation Act; and
(b) gives effect to the STCW Convention.
Note    The 2011 edition of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code (including the amendments to the annex of the Convention known as the 2010 Manila Amendments) can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization. A December 2015 Supplement is also available. See the IMO website at http://www.imo.org/publications. The STCW Convention (ATS series number [1984] ATS 7) and STCW Code (ATS series number [1997] ATS 33) including any amendments in force are in the Australian Treaties Series accessible from the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website at http://www.austlii.edu.au.
       (2)This Order is to be read with Marine Order 70 (Seafarer certification) 2014.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) section 28 which provides that regulations may provide for seafarer certificates and give effect to the STCW Convention;
(b) subsection 29(1) which provides that regulations may prescribe different classes of seafarer certificates and require an individual to hold a seafarer certificate of a particular kind to undertake particular duties, or perform particular functions, as a seafarer;
(c) subsection 29(2) which provides that the regulations may prescribe, for seafarer certificates, proficiencies, competencies and standards, qualifications, experience, minimum age, character, health, nationality, citizenship or residence;
(d) subsection 29(3) which provides that the regulations may provide for:
 (i) how the attainment of proficiencies, competencies and standards is to be evidenced (including the gaining of sea service and other experience); and
 (ii) the instruction, training and examination of