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Marine Order 503 (Certificates of survey — national law) 2018
made under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
Compilation no. 2
Compilation date: 1 September 2023

This compilation was prepared on 26 October 2023 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 501 — consequential changes) Order 2023.
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Determinations
3 Approvals
Division 2 Requirements for certificates of survey
4 Application for certificate
5 Survey standards
6 Persons conducting surveys
7 Vessel and equipment standards — vessels not surveyed by recognised organisation
8 Vessel and equipment standards — vessels surveyed by recognised organisation
9 Issue of certificate
10 Renewal of certificate
11 Conditions on certificate
12 Duration of certificate
Division 3 Variation, suspension and revocation of certificates of survey
13 Application for variation, suspension or revocation of certificate
14 Criteria for variation of certificate
15 Suspension of certificate
16 Criteria for revocation of certificate
Division 4 Equivalent means of compliance
17 Approval of equivalent means of compliance
18 Application for equivalent means of compliance
19 Revocation of equivalent means of compliance
20 Duration of equivalent means of compliance
Division 5 Definitions and transitional
21 Definitions and interpretation
22 Existing vessel, transitional vessel and new vessel — meaning
23 Transitional
Schedule 1 Vessel changes
Schedule 2 Standards for transitional vessels
Schedule 3 Periodic survey for vessels
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
        This Order is Marine Order 503 (Certificates of survey — national law) 2018.

2 Determinations
       (1) A person may apply, in accordance with Marine Order 501, for a determination mentioned in the National Law – Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014 that is specified to be made by the National Regulator.
       (2) The National Regulator may make a determination subject to conditions.

3 Approvals
       (1) A person may apply, in accordance with Marine Order 501, for an approval mentioned in the National Law – Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014 that is specified to be made by the National Regulator.
       (2) The National Regulator may give an approval subject to conditions.
Division 2 Requirements for certificates of survey

4 Application for certificate
       (1) For subsection 37(2) of the national law, an application for a certificate of survey for a domestic commercial vessel must be made in accordance with section 9 of Marine Order 501.
Note   Giving false or misleading information in an application is an offence — see section 136.1 of the Criminal Code.
       (2) Division 3 (other than section 13) of Marine Order 501 applies to an application for a certificate of survey.

5 Survey standards
       (1) This section prescribes the standards for the survey of a domestic