Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00977:front:0:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2017C00977
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 10456–13053

the following:
(a) Parts A and B of Chapter VI of SOLAS;
(b) if the cargo is dangerous goods in solid form in bulk — regulation 7-3 of Chapter VII of SOLAS;
(c) the IMSBC Code;
(d) the BLU Code;
(e) this Order, including any additional requirements in Schedule 1 for cargo of its kind.
       (2)The master of a vessel to be loaded with a solid bulk cargo must ensure that documents necessary to demonstrate compliance with subsection (1) are:
(a) carried on the vessel; and
(b) made available to an inspector on request.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3)A terminal operator or terminal representative may allow solid bulk cargo to be loaded, trimmed or carried on a vessel, or unloaded from a vessel, only in accordance with the following:
(a) Chapter VI of SOLAS;
(b) if the cargo is dangerous goods in solid form in bulk — regulation 7-3 of Chapter VII of SOLAS;
(c) the IMSBC Code;
(d) the BLU Code;
(e) this Order, including any additional requirements in Schedule 1 for cargo of its kind.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   AMSA may detain a vessel if AMSA reasonably suspects that the vessel has been, is or will be involved in a contravention of this Order, either in or outside Australia — see section 248 of the Navigation Act. Detention for a foreign vessel applies only in the places mentioned in subsection 248(5).
       (4)An offence against subsection (2) or (3) is a strict liability offence.
       (5)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2) or (3).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

12 Loading and unloading plan
       (1)The master of a vessel must ensure that solid bulk cargo is loaded onto the vessel only if the master and the terminal representative have agreed on a plan for loading that complies with the BLU Code.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2)The master of a vessel must ensure that solid bulk cargo is unloaded from a vessel only if the master and the terminal representative have agreed on a plan for unloading that complies with the BLU Code.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3)A plan for loading or unloading and any amendments of it must be lodged with the terminal representative at the port of loading or unloading and a copy kept on board the vessel throughout the voyage.
       (4)The terminal representative must:
(a) keep the plan and any amendments of it for at least 6 months; and
(b) make the plan available to the inspector at the AMSA office at or nearest to the port of loading or unloading on request by the inspector.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   The BLU Code refers to any plan mentioned in