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9 Requirements of International Regulations
       (1)The measures required by the International Regulations in the navigation, management and working of a vessel for the prevention of collisions must be observed in the operation of a vessel.
Note   It is an offence for the owner or master of a vessel to operate a vessel or cause or permit another person to operate a vessel, in contravention of regulations made for section 176 of the Navigation Act — see sections 177 and 178 of the Navigation Act.
       (2)The lights and signals required by the International Regulations must be provided and used on a vessel.
       (3)Navigation lights, navigation light controllers and associated equipment, installed after 30 November 2009 on the following vessels, must conform to performance standards at least equal to those mentioned in the Annex to IMO Resolution MSC.253(83) Adoption of the performance standards for navigation lights, navigation light controllers and associated equipment, as in force from time to time:
(a) a regulated Australian vessel;
(b) a domestic commercial vessel;
(c) a recreational vessel that has Australian nationality.
       (4)The traffic separation schemes mentioned in the latest edition of the IMO publication Ships' Routeing are taken to be traffic separation schemes adopted by the IMO for the International Regulations.
Note   As at 1 August 2016, the latest edition of Ships'Routeing was the 2015 edition.
       (5)The areas designated in the latest edition of the IMO publication Ships' Routeing as inshore traffic zones are taken to be inshore traffic zones for the International Regulations.
       (6) AMSA may make a determination for a vessel under Rule l(e) of the International Regulations including about the closest possible compliance for the vessel with the International Regulations.
Note   In exercising its power to make a determination, AMSA will take into account MSC/Circ.1144 Additional guidance for the uniform application of Rule 1(e) of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, 1972, as amended. That Circular invites member governments to take into account problems posed to other vessels and to grant an exemption only in extraordinary circumstances.

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