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other documents mentioned in this Marine Order is available on AMSA's website http://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 2   Some terms used in this Marine Order are defined in Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013, including:
         * cargo vessel
         * fishing vessel
         * length
         * passenger vessel
         * SOLAS
         * USL Code.
Note 3   Other terms used in this Marine Order are defined in the Navigation Act, including:
         * foreign vessel
         * Government vessel
         * inspector
         * International Tonnage Certificate (1969)
         * issuing body
         * marine incident
         * owner
         * recognised organisation (for organisations that have been prescribed for the definition — see Marine Order 1 (Administration) 2013)
         * regulated Australian vessel
         * vessel.
Note 4   For delegation of AMSA's powers under this Marine Order — see the AMSA website Marine Orders link at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

5 Interpretation
       (1) In this Marine Order:
(a) a term that is used but is not defined for this Marine Order, and is defined in SOLAS, has the meaning given by SOLAS; and
(b) mention of the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification is taken to be a reference to the Guidelines as if in force internationally on a mandatory basis; and
(c) a reference in Schedules 1 to 3 to complies with means, in relation to a Marine Order, compliance with a requirement of the Marine Order that applies to the vessel or its equipment to the extent it has not been disapplied by any exemption or replaced by any approved equivalent.
Note for paragraph (b)   Mention of should in the Guidelines is taken to be mention of must.
       (2) For Regulation 11(c) of Chapter I of SOLAS, the appropriate authority for Australia is AMSA.
       (3) The reference in SOLAS to the Administration is taken to mean:
(a) for a regulated Australian vessel — AMSA; or
(b) for a foreign vessel — the government of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.
       (4) The reference in the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification to cargo ship is taken to include a fishing vessel for Subdivision 2.2 and Schedule 2.

6 Application
       (1) This Marine Order applies to:
(a) a regulated Australian vessel; and
(b) a foreign vessel.
       (2) However, this Marine Order does not apply to a vessel that is an offshore industry unit.
Note   See Marine Order 47 (Offshore industry units) 2019 for requirements that apply to offshore industry units for SOLAS and non-SOLAS certificates.
Division 2 Safety certificates
Subdivision 2.1 SOLAS certificates

7 SOLAS certificates required
       (1) A regulated Australian vessel must have a safety certificate of a kind specified in Schedule 1 in accordance with Regulation 12 of Chapter I or Regulation 10 of Chapter