Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00707:body:0:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2019L00707
Segment Type: other
Provision Reference: 
Character Range: 21258–24243

Information on obtaining a copy of the standard is available from the AMSA website Marine Orders link at http://www.amsa.gov.au.
Note 2   For details of approving competent authorities, or for information on the application process to become an approving competent authority — see the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.

27 Approval of offshore containers
       (1)The owner of an offshore container may apply to an approving competent authority for approval of the offshore container.
       (2)An approving competent authority may, in relation to design, dynamic lifting and impact forces, approve an offshore container that meets:
(a) the standards for offshore containers mentioned in the Guidelines for the approval of offshore containers handled in open seas; or
(b) an equivalent international standard.
       (3)The approval of an offshore container may be for design type or individual approval.

28 Approval plate for offshore containers
       (1)The owner of an offshore container with an approval under section 27, must ensure that an approval plate is fixed to the offshore container in the manner mentioned in the Guidelines for the approval of offshore containers handled in open seas.
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.

29 Maintenance and inspection of offshore containers
       (1)The owner of an offshore container with an approval under section 27 must ensure that an offshore container is maintained in a manner to enable its continued use for the purpose for which it was designed.
       (2)The owner of an offshore container with an approval under section 27 must ensure that the offshore container is periodically inspected by an approving competent authority.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (3)For subsection (2), the period between inspections must be the shorter of:
(a) 1 year; or
(b) the period specified by the approving competent authority that originally approved the container.
       (4)The owner of an offshore container with an approval under section 27 must ensure              that the date of inspection of the offshore container and the mark of the person conducting the inspection is marked on the offshore container in the manner mentioned in the Guidelines for the approval of offshore containers handled in open seas.
       (5)An offence against subsection (2) is a strict liability offence.
       (6)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (2).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.
Subdivision 3.2 Control measures for offshore containers

30 Certain offshore containers not to be loaded or unloaded
       (1)A person must not load an offshore container on, or unload an offshore container from, a vessel if any of the following apply:
(a) the offshore container has a defect that could place any person