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Marine Order 21 (Safety and emergency arrangements) 2016

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 3
Compilation date: 1 January 2024

This compilation was prepared on 4 March 2024 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 12 — consequential changes) Order 2023
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Exemptions
8 Equivalents
Division 2 Safety measures
9 Manning of vessels
10 Safe manning document for certain regulated Australian vessels
11 Navigation bridge visibility
12 Pilot transfer arrangements
13 Operation of steering gear
14 Steering gear — testing and drills
15 Operational limitations
Division 3 Emergency procedures
16 General emergency alarm signal
17 Signal to prepare to abandon ship
18 Abandon ship signal
19 Emergency drills
20 Passenger lists
21 Emergency management plans
22 Emergency instructions
23 Emergency duties for seafarers
24 Responsibilities of owner and seafarers
Division 4 Atmosphere sampling and measuring
25 Atmosphere sampling and measuring
Division 5 Transitional arrangements
26 Continuation of exemptions
Schedule 1 Emergency drill procedures
Schedule 2 Atmosphere sampling equipment, measuring equipment and related procedures
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
        This Order is Marine Order 21 (Safety and emergency arrangements) 2016.

2 Purpose
        This Order:
(a) provides for safety of navigation, emergency procedures and atmosphere sampling and measuring; and
(b) gives effect to:
 (i) Regulations 19-1 and 21 of Chapter II-1 of SOLAS (Construction — Structure, subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations); and
 (ii) Regulations 8, 19, 27, 29, 30 and 37 of Chapter III of SOLAS (Life-saving appliances and arrangements); and
 (iii) Regulations 14, 22, 23, 25, 26 and 30 of Chapter V of SOLAS (Safety of navigation); and
 (iv) Regulation 7 of Chapter XI-1 of SOLAS (Special measures to enhance maritime safety).

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) subsection 51(2) which provides for regulations specifying matters for making a determination on the minimum manning requirements for vessels;
(b) subsection 125(1) which provides for regulations for musters, drills, checks of machinery and equipment and other tests;
(c) paragraph 309(2)(a) which provides that the regulations may prescribe the entries to be made in an official logbook and when they must be made;
(d) paragraph 339(2)(c) which provides for regulations for operating, maintaining, checking and testing machinery and equipment;
(e) paragraph 339(2)(l) which provides for regulations for logbooks;
(f) paragraph 339(2)(m) which provides for regulations for records about compliance with the Act;
(g) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides for regulations to give effect to SOLAS;
(h) subsection 341(1) which provides for the imposition of penalties for a contravention of