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AMSA MO 2017/6
Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2017
I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012.
15 November 2017
Michael Kinley
Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
1A Commencement
1B Repeal of Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2009
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions and interpretation
5 Application
6 Exemptions
7 Approvals
8 Review of decisions
Division 2 Document of compliance to carry dangerous goods
9 Requirement for document of compliance
10 Application for document of compliance
11 Issue of document of compliance
12 Revocation of document of compliance
Division 3 Requirements for carriage of dangerous goods
13 Requirements for carriage of dangerous goods including loading, stowage and unloading
14 Requirements for the packing of dangerous goods
15 Emergency response information
Division 4 Information and notice requirements
16 Shippers to give notice of intention to ship dangerous goods
17 Notice requirements for consolidators
18 Special list or manifest for dangerous goods
19 Transhipment of dangerous goods
20 Incidents at sea involving dangerous goods in packaged form
Division 5 Training and safe system of work requirements
21 Requirements for training
22 Audit of training systems
Division 6 Other matters
23 Packagings approvals
24 Portable tanks, multiple-element gas containers, road tank vehicles and bulk containers
25 Class 1 explosives
26 Class 7 radioactive materials
27 Proper precautions

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
       This Order is Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2017.

1A Commencement
       This Order commences on 1 January 2018.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2009
       Marine Order 41 (Carriage of dangerous goods) 2009 is repealed.

2 Purpose
       This Order:
(a) gives effect to:
 (i) Part A of Chapter VII of SOLAS, dealing with the carriage of dangerous goods in packaged form, and in particular the IMDG Code; and
 (ii) Part D of Chapter VII of SOLAS, dealing with special requirements for the carriage of packaged irradiated nuclear fuel, plutonium and high-level radioactive wastes, and in particular the INF Code; and
 (iii) regulation 19.4 of Chapter II-2 of SOLAS dealing with the documentation for vessels that carry dangerous goods; and
(b) prescribes the manner of giving notice of intention to ship dangerous goods.

3 Power
       (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) subsection 112(4) which provides that the regulations may provide for the carriage on vessels of cargo;
(b) subsection 112(5) which provides that the regulations may provide for the carriage on vessels of cargo, including the loading, stowage, carriage and unloading of cargo and the giving of notices;
(c) subsection