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AMSA MO 2023/7
Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2023

I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.
Act 1983.
Dated   16 November 2023
Michael Kinley
Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Marine Order
1A Commencement
1B Repeal of Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2016
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation — SOLAS and other instruments
6 Application
7 Exemptions — regulated Australian vessels
8 Equivalents — regulated Australian vessels
Division 2 Construction and stability requirements
9 Vessels to which Chapter II-1 of SOLAS applies
10 Vessels to which Chapter II-1 of SOLAS does not apply
11 Offshore supply vessels — additional requirements for regulated Australian vessels
12 Intact stability information
13 Towing and mooring arrangement plans
Division 3 Other safety measures
14 Watertight doors
15 Portable plates
16 Openings to be kept closed at sea
17 Closure of cargo loading doors etc.
18 Sidescuttles in spaces used for cargo
19 Ash-chutes, rubbish-chutes and similar fittings
20 Testing and periodic operation of openings etc.
21 Instructions and periodic inspection
22 Official logbook entries
23 Means of access to vessels in port — construction and other requirements
24 Access to vessels in port — responsibilities of master
25 Access to vessels in port — responsibility of persons boarding or disembarking
Schedule 1 Regulated Australian vessels — additional requirements
Schedule 2 Accommodation ladders, gangways and safety nets

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Marine Order

      This Marine Order is Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2023.

1A Commencement
        This Marine Order commences on 1 January 2024.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2016
       Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2016 is repealed.

2 Purpose
        This Marine Order:
(a) gives effect to Chapter II-1 of SOLAS other than regulations 19-1 and 21; and
(b) prescribes standards for the structure, subdivision, stability, machinery and electrical installations for regulated Australian vessels, and foreign vessels; and
(c) gives effect to the IMO's OSV Guidelines.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Marine Order to be made:
(a) paragraphs 339(2)(a) and (b), which provide that the regulations may provide for the design and construction of vessels and for the machinery and equipment to be carried on board vessels;
(b) paragraph 339(2)(e), which provides that the regulations may provide for the stability of vessels, including information about, and testing of, the stability of vessels;
(c) subsection 339(2)(l), which