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Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2015

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 2

Compilation date: 11 October 2017

This compilation was prepared on 13 October 2017 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders (Navigation Act) Administrative Amendment Order 2017.
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Application
6 Exemptions
Division 2 Responsibilities of owners and seafarers
7 Owner and seafarer general responsibilities
8 Owner responsibilities for seafarer assignment
9 Master responsibilities
10 Newly assigned seafarer responsibilities
Division 3 Standards for watchkeeping
11 Owner responsibilities for watchkeeping
12 Minimum hours of rest
13 Emergency or drill or other overriding operational conditions
14 Watch schedules
15 Records of hours of rest — regulated Australian vessels
16 Records of hours of rest — foreign vessels
17 Observance of STCW watchkeeping standards
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
       This Order is Marine Order 28 (Operations standards and procedures) 2015.

2 Purpose
       (1)This Order provides for the safe navigation and operation of vessels by giving effect to:
(a) the following provisions of the STCW Convention:
 (i) Regulation I/14;
 (ii) Regulation VIII/1;
 (iii) Regulation VIII/2; and
(b) the following provisions of the STCW Code:
 (i) Section A–I/14;
 (ii) Section A–VIII/1;
 (iii) Section A–VIII/2;
 (iv) Section B–I/14;
            (v)     Section B–VIII/2.
Note   The latest edition of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code (including the amendments to the annex to the Convention known as the 2010 Manila Amendments) can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization.  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 also gives effect to SOLAS in relation to the safe navigation and operation of vessels.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) section 58 which provides that the regulations may provide for hours of work, and hours of rest, of seafarers on regulated Australian vessels;
(b) paragraph 339(2)(m) which provides that the regulations may provide for records relating to compliance with this Act;
(c) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that the regulations may give effect to SOLAS;
(d) paragraph 340(1)(h) which provides that the regulations may give effect to the STCW Convention;
(e) subsection 341(1) which provides that the regulations may provide for the imposition of penalties for the contravention of provisions of the regulations including the imposition of civil penalties.
       (2)Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to be made prescribing