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website Marine Orders link at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

5 Application
        This Marine Order applies to an Australian ship.
Note   Parts 1, 2, 4 and 5 of the AFS Act apply to foreign ships. See the AFS Act for the obligations, responsibilities and inspection powers that affect foreign ships.
Division 2 Matters for AFS Act

6 Anti-fouling certificates
       (1) For subsection 10(1) of the AFS Act, an anti-fouling certificate for an Australian ship must be in the form of the International Anti-Fouling System Certificate attached to the Convention.
Note   This form is available on the AMSA website at: http://www.amsa.gov.au.
       (2) For subsection 10(2) of the AFS Act, an endorsement of an anti-fouling certificate for an Australian ship must be in accordance with the 'Endorsement of the Records' section of the International Anti-fouling System Certificate attached to the Convention.
       (3) A survey mentioned in section 10 of the AFS Act must be carried out in accordance with the 2022 Guidelines for survey and certification of anti-fouling systems on ships adopted by IMO Resolution MEPC.358(78), as if those Guidelines were mandatory.

7 Cancellation of anti-fouling certificates — service of notices
        For paragraphs 12(3)(b) and 12(5)(c) of the AFS Act, notice must be served by email, fax or post.

8 Notices of happenings
        For paragraph 14(1)(c) of the AFS Act, notice of a happening must be given to AMSA on the approved form.
Note 1   The approved form is available on the AMSA website at: http://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 2   Section 14 of the AFS Act provides that the master and owner of a ship each commit an offence if notice is not given within 7 days after the happening of an event that may affect the ship's compliance with anti-fouling requirements.

9 Anti-fouling declarations
        For the definition of anti-fouling declaration in subsection 15(5) of the AFS Act, the declaration must be in the form of the Declaration on Anti-Fouling System attached to the Convention.
Note   This form is available on the AMSA website at: http://www.amsa.gov.au.

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