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vessel >300 GT — it has a Cargo Ship Safety Radio Certificate; and
(c) if the vessel has an arrangement with a classification society for survey and inspection — the vessel has a valid certificate of classification; and
(d) if the vessel has fitted a fixed diving system constructed after 23 November 1995 — the vessel has a diving safety certificate that is issued by a recognised organisation in accordance with the Code of Safety for Diving Systems, 1995.

19 Conditions of non-SOLAS certificates
        For paragraph 100(2)(a) of the Navigation Act, the conditions for a non-SOLAS certificate are:
(a) the conditions mentioned for the certificate specified in Schedule 2; and
(b) the certificate must be endorsed following the completion of the annual survey, intermediate survey or inspection of the outside of the bottom of the vessel.
Note   An issuing body may impose other conditions on a safety certificate — see paragraph 100(2)(b) of the Navigation Act.

20 Endorsements of non-SOLAS certificates
        The issuing body may endorse a non-SOLAS certificate following the completion of the annual survey, intermediate survey or inspection of the outside of the bottom of a vessel.
Note   It is practice for an issuing body endorsing a certificate to be the same as the issuing body that originally issued the certificate.

21 Duration of non-SOLAS certificates
       (1) A certificate comes into force on the day specified in the certificate, and if no day is so specified, on the day which it is issued.
       (2) However, for a vessel that has an existing non-SOLAS certificate that has not expired, the new certificate comes into force on completion of the renewal survey.
       (3) A non-SOLAS certificate remains in force for the period specified in the following table for the kind of certificate mentioned unless a shorter period is specified in the certificate.
Kind of certificate                          Maximum duration period
(non-SOLAS)
Certificate of Survey for a Passenger Ship   1 year
Certificate of Survey for a Cargo Ship*      5 years
Certificate of Survey for a Fishing Vessel*  5 years

Note 1   The certificates indicated with an asterisk (*) may be issued in parts corresponding to the areas that would be covered by SOLAS certification, ie, Safety Construction, Safety Equipment and Safety Radio.
Note 2   A certificate that has expired before completion of the vessel's renewal survey may be issued a certificate for a shorter period than the maximum period specified consistent with the duration requirements for SOLAS certificates that are subject to Regulation I/14 of SOLAS.
       (4) A non-SOLAS certificate ceases to be in force if:
(a) the vessel ceases to be registered in Australia; or
(b) any survey or inspection is not completed in accordance with this Marine Order; or
(c) the