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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 commercial vessel that must be conducted by a person mentioned in section 6.
       (2) An initial survey, periodic survey or renewal survey must be conducted in accordance with Part 2 of the National Law – Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014.
Note   Plan approval is required to be obtained before construction of a vessel commences — see National Law – Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014.

6 Persons conducting surveys
       (1) The survey of a vessel (other than an electrical survey) must be conducted by:
(a) the National Regulator; or
(b) an accredited marine surveyor who is accredited to perform the category or categories of survey undertaken; or
(c) a recognised organisation.
       (2) A vessel that is ≥35 m must be surveyed by a recognised organisation in accordance with Chapter 5 of Part 2 of the National Law – Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual 2014 unless:
(a) the vessel is an existing vessel or transitional vessel; and
(b) the survey process that applied to the vessel when it was last surveyed before 1 July 2013 permitted the vessel to be surveyed by a person other than a recognised organisation.
Note 1   A vessel mentioned in paragraphs 6(2)(a) and (b) may be surveyed by any person mentioned in subsection 6(1).
Note 2   The Marine Surveyors Accreditation Guidance Manual requires those aspects of the vessel that are built to class rules to be surveyed by a recognised organisation. This includes the construction, machinery, anchoring equipment and electrical installation aspects of the vessel.
       (3) However, an electrical survey of a vessel must be conducted by:
(a) for electrical survey for plan approval — any of the persons mentioned in subsection (1); and
(b) for electrical survey other than for plan approval:
 (i) a person who holds an unrestricted electrical licence; or
 (ii) an accredited marine surveyor who is accredited to perform electrical surveys.
       (4) A person conducting an electrical survey mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) must give a compliance report to the person conducting the survey of the vessel as soon as practical after the electrical survey is completed unless the person conducted both surveys.

7 Vessel and equipment standards — vessels not surveyed by recognised organisation
       (1) This section prescribes the vessel and equipment standards for a domestic commercial vessel that is not surveyed by a recognised organisation.
       (2) For an existing vessel — the standards are:
(a) for arrangement, accommodation and personal safety, watertight and weathertight integrity, construction, fire safety, engineering, stability,