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Marine Order 31 (SOLAS and non-SOLAS certification) 2019

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 2
Compilation date: 1 January 2024

This compilation was prepared on 29 February 2024 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 12 — consequential changes) Order 2023 and Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 27 — consequential changes) Order 2023
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Marine Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Interpretation
6 Application
Division 2 Safety certificates
Subdivision 2.1 SOLAS certificates
7 SOLAS certificates required
8 Applying for SOLAS certificates
9 Criteria for issue of SOLAS certificates
10 Conditions of SOLAS certificates
11 Endorsements of SOLAS certificates
12 Duration of SOLAS certificates
13 Criteria for variation of SOLAS certificates
14 Criteria for revocation of SOLAS certificates
Subdivision 2.2 Non-SOLAS certificates
15 Application of subdivision
16 Non-SOLAS certificates required
17 Applying for non-SOLAS certificates
18 Criteria for issue of non-SOLAS certificates
19 Conditions of non-SOLAS certificates
20 Endorsements of non-SOLAS certificates
21 Duration of non-SOLAS certificates
22 Criteria for variation of non-SOLAS certificates
23 Criteria for revocation of non-SOLAS certificates
Subdivision 2.3 Inspection and maintenance plans for cargo vessels ≤10 m
24 Application of subdivision
25 Inspection and maintenance plans required
26 Approval of inspection and maintenance plans
Division 3 Foreign vessels — certification
27 Foreign vessels
Division 4 Notification matters
28 Notification of planned tows
29 Notification of alterations, major renewal or repair on vessel
30 Reporting of defects on a regulated Australian vessel
31 Reporting by vessel that is nuclear vessel
32 Marine incidents
Division 5 Approval matters
33 Approval of in-water inspections
34 Approval of reactor installations for nuclear vessels
35 Approval of safety assessments for nuclear vessels
Division 6 Other matters
36 Certificates that do not make a vessel a regulated Australian vessel
Schedule 1 SOLAS certificates — criteria for issue and conditions
Schedule 2 Non-SOLAS certificates — criteria for issue and conditions
Schedule 3 Inspection and maintenance plans — criteria and conditions for approval
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Marine Order
        This Marine Order is Marine Order 31 (SOLAS and non-SOLAS certification) 2019.

2 Purpose
        This Marine Order:
(a) prescribes matters in relation to the issue of safety certificates for regulated Australian vessels; and
(b) provides for inspection and maintenance plans for cargo vessels that are ≤10 m in length; and
(c) provides requirements for foreign vessels including certification; and
(d) provides notification requirements for planned tows and other reporting matters; and
(e) gives effect to Chapter I and Chapter VIII of SOLAS.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Marine Order to be made:
(a) subsection 98(1)