Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00288:reg:11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00288
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 11
Character Range: 50706–51803

11                                                The fouling or damaging by a ship of:
                                                  (a) any pipeline or submarine cable; or
                                                  (b) any aid to navigation

Immediately reportable matters—damage to aid to navigation
 (3) For the purposes of the definition of immediately reportable matters in subsection 3(1) of the Act, the damaging of an AMSA aid to navigation (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012) is prescribed in relation to an operation to which this Part applies.

Foreign vessels
 (4) However, in relation to a ship that is a foreign vessel (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012) and that is in the territorial sea of Australia in the course of innocent passage, an investigable matter to which subsection (1) or (3) applies is prescribed only if the matter:
 (a) has affected, or is likely to affect, the safety of navigation; or
 (b) involves a collision with, or the fouling or damaging of, any facility, installation, navigational aid, pipeline or submarine cable.