Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887:reg:6:p6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6 (pt 6/6)
Character Range: 83961–85810

prevent escape from the float.
       (5)If livestock is carried on an enclosed deck of a ro-ro vessel, the master must ensure that the ventilation system of the vessel is run continuously.
Division 15 Reports and investigations

84 Master's report
       After completion of a voyage on which livestock has been carried, the master of a vessel must give a report in the approved form to:
(a) the Department of Agriculture; and
(b) AMSA.
Note   For the approved form — see AMSA's website: http://www.amsa.gov.au.

85 Notifiable incidents
       (1)If the reportable mortality level for a species mentioned in Table 8 is reached during a voyage, the master of the vessel must give AMSA within 24 hours a report containing the following information:
       (a)   the species;
       (b)   the number of livestock that has died expressed as a percentage of the number of livestock of that species that was provided to AMSA under section 13 before the voyage;
       (c)   any factors that the master considers may have contributed to the deaths;
       (d)   current location of the vessel;
       (e)   destination of the vessel and estimated time of arrival at that destination;
       (f)    expected date of next arrival at an Australian port.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (2)An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.
       (3)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (1).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4)For subsection (1), loading and unloading are part of the voyage.
       (5)Reportable mortality levels, expressed as a figure or as a percentage of the number of animals of that species that were loaded onto the vessel, are set out in Table 8.

Table 8 — Reportable mortality levels
Item  Species/Voyage                                       Reportable mortality level