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same meaning as in the Health Insurance Act 1973.
onboard complaint procedure — see section 92.
repatriation means the conveyance of a seafarer to his or her home port, or other destination mentioned in the seafarer's work agreement, other than in the discharge of duties in accordance with the seafarer's work agreement.
seafarer recruitment and placement service means a person whose primary purpose is providing the service of recruiting seafarers for vessel owners and placing seafarers with owners.
SPS Code has the same meaning as in Marine Order 50 (Special purpose vessels) 2012.
substantial alteration, for a vessel, means a repair, alteration or modification that substantially:
(a) alters the dimensions of the vessel; or
(b) alters the dimensions of the accommodation spaces; or
(c) increases the vessel's service life.
war zone, for a vessel, means a zone agreed by the owner of the vessel and a seafarer, in a work agreement, to be a war zone.
waters closely adjacent to sheltered waters means:
(a) waters from the baseline to 30 nautical miles; or
(b) waters that are tidal and on the landward side of the baseline.
WHO means the World Health Organization.
Note 1   Some terms used in this Marine Order are defined or explained in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, including:
         * Australian General Shipping Register
         * Australian International Shipping Register
         * equivalent
         * fishing vessel
         * IMO
         * Navigation Act
         * NSCV
         * passenger vessel
         * STCW Code
         * use.
Note 2   Some expressions used in this Marine Order are defined in the Navigation Act, including:
         * accommodation
         * Australian port
         * approved form
         * foreign vessel
         * Great Barrier Reef Region
         * inspector
         * issuing body
         * Maritime Labour Convention
         * official logbook
         * overseas voyage
         * owner
         * proceeding on a voyage
         * recognised organisation (for organisations that have been prescribed for the definition — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013)
         * regulated Australian vessel
         * Safety Convention
         * seafarer
         * special personnel
         * STCW Convention
         * Tonnage Convention
         * work agreement.
Note 3   The text of the Maritime Labour Convention is available at the Australian Treaty Series Library on the AustLII website at www.austlii.edu.au and on the International Labour Organization website at www.ilo.org.
Note 4   For delegation of AMSA's powers under this Marine Order — see the AMSA website Marine Orders link at www.amsa.gov.au.

5 Interpretation
        For this Marine Order:
(a) the competent authority is:
 (i) for a foreign vessel — the competent authority for the Maritime Labour Convention of the country in which the vessel is registered; and
 (ii) for a regulated Australian vessel — AMSA; and
(b) a MLC standard is a standard of the Maritime Labour Convention; and
(c) a MLC regulation