Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00780:reg:6
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00780
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 6
Character Range: 5996–8013

6  Information that must be included in ballast water discharge report
  For the purposes of paragraph 267(2)(a) of the Act, a ballast water discharge report in relation to an intended discharge, or a discharge, of ballast water from a vessel in Australian territorial seas must include the following information:
 (a) information identifying the vessel;
 (b) contact details for the person on board the vessel who is responsible for managing the vessel's ballast water;
 (c) information identifying and describing the tanks and pumps used to manage the vessel's ballast water;
 (d) details of the voyage during which the discharge is intended to occur or occurred;
 (e) if a ballast water management certificate has been issued for the vessel:
 (i) the date the certificate was issued; and
 (ii) the name of the authority that issued the certificate; and
 (iii) the place where the certificate was issued; and
 (iv) the expiry date of the certificate;
 (f) if there is a ballast water management plan for the vessel:
 (i) whether the plan has been approved as referred to in section 286 of the Act and is on board the vessel; and
 (ii) whether the vessel's ballast water and sediment have been managed in accordance with the vessel's ballast water management plan;
 (g) whether the vessel has ballast water records on board the vessel that comply with Part 5 of Chapter 5 of the Act;
 (h) whether the vessel intends to dispose of, or has disposed of, sediment in Australian territorial seas;
 (i) if the intended discharge, or discharge, would be, or is, covered by an exception under Part 3 of Chapter 5 of the Act—details about the exception and information about how the conditions relating to the exception are to be, or have been, complied with;
 (j) the port or other location where the discharge is intended to occur or occurred;
 (k) the date and time when the discharge is intended to occur or occurred;
 (l) the estimated volume (in cubic metres) of ballast water intended to be discharged or discharged.