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Marine Order 74 (Masters and deck officers — yachts) 2015

made under the Navigation Act 2012

Compilation no. 4
Compilation date: 1 July 2024

This compilation was prepared on 6 August 2024 including amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 71 — consequential changes) Order 2023
Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

Division 1 Preliminary
1 Name of Order
2 Purpose
3 Power
4 Definitions
5 Application
6 Certification taken to be qualification to perform duties
7 Grades of certificate — permitted duties or functions
8 Endorsements of certificates
Division 2 Requirements
9 General requirements
10 Qualifying seagoing service — general requirements
11 Revalidation requirements
Schedule 1 Grades of certificate — permitted duties or functions
Schedule 2 Eligibility requirements for certificates
Schedule 3 Qualifying seagoing service — general requirements
Schedule 4 Requirements for revalidation of certificates
Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order
        This Order is Marine Order 74 (Masters and deck officers — yachts) 2015.

2 Purpose
       (1) This Order specifies STCW Convention standards of competence to be attained and other STCW Convention conditions to be satisfied by a person to be a qualified master or deck officer under the Navigation Act for a regulated Australian vessel that is a yacht.
       (2) This Order is to be read with Marine Order 70 (Seafarer certification) 2014.
Note    The 2011 edition of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code (including the amendments to the annex known as the 2010 Manila Amendments) can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization. A December 2015 Supplement is also available. See the IMO website at http://www.imo.org/publications. The STCW Convention (ATS series number [1984] ATS 7) and STCW Code (ATS series number [1997] ATS 33) including any amendments in force are in the Australian Treaties Series accessible from the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website at http://www.austlii.edu.au.

3 Power
       (1) The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made:
(a) section 28 which provides that regulations may provide for seafarer certificates and give effect to the STCW Convention;
(b) subsection 29(1) which provides that regulations may prescribe different classes of seafarer certificates and require an individual to hold a seafarer certificate of a particular kind to undertake particular duties, or perform particular functions, as a seafarer;
(c) subsection 29(2) which provides that the regulations may prescribe, for seafarer certificates, proficiencies, competencies and standards, qualifications, experience, minimum age, character, health, nationality, citizenship or residence;
(d) subsection 29(3) which provides that the regulations may provide for, among other things:
 (i) how the attainment of proficiencies, competencies and standards is to be evidenced (including the gaining of sea service and other experience); and
 (ii) the instruction, training and examination of seafarers