Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338:front:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338
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Character Range: 20473–23429

an infant;
(c) whether a passenger requires special assistance in an emergency situation.
       (3) The information mentioned in subsection (2) must be kept ashore and made available to search and rescue services if requested.

21 Emergency management plans
       (1) A decision support system for emergency management must be kept on the navigation bridge of a passenger vessel.
       (2) The decision support system must include at least 1 emergency management plan.
       (3) Each emergency management plan must include a list of recommended actions for dealing with at least the following emergencies or any combination of them:
(a) fire;
(b) damage to the vessel;
(c) pollution from the vessel;
(d) acts by persons that threaten the safety or security of the vessel or its passengers or crew;
(e) injuries to seafarers or passengers;
(f) cargo-related incidents;
(g) assistance required by other vessels.
       (4) Damage control procedures in an emergency management plan must take account of the vessel's voyage stability data.
       (5) The vessel's voyage stability data must be available for any emergency.
       (6) Emergency management plans must have a uniform structure and be easy to use.
       (7) Each emergency management plan:
(a) must be in printed form; and
(b) may be in electronic form.

22 Emergency instructions
       (1) The master of a vessel must ensure that clear instructions about what to do in an emergency are given to every person on the vessel.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
Note   For guidance on the method and content of instructions to be given to passengers see the Revised guidelines for passenger safety instructions and the Guidelines for passenger safety instructions on ro-ro passenger ships.
       (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) Emergency instructions must be displayed in areas of the vessel where they may be easily seen, including the navigation bridge, engine-room and seafarer and passenger accommodation spaces.
       (5) The master of a vessel carrying passengers must:
(a) assign each passenger to a muster station; and
(b) record information about the assignment; and
(c) ensure that procedures are in place to locate and rescue passengers trapped in cabins.
       (6) The owner of a vessel carrying passengers must ensure that the muster stations for passengers are indicated by painted or other signs readily visible by day or night.
Note   For appropriate signs — see IMO Resolution A.760(18) Revised guidelines for safety passenger instructions as amended by IMO Resolution MSC.82(70) Amendments to resolution A.760(18) Symbols related to life-saving appliances and arrangements and IMO Circular MSC.1/Circ.1244 Symbol of infant life jacket.

23 Emergency duties for seafarers
       (1) The master of a vessel must