Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271:reg:7:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2020L01271
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 7 (pt 1/16)
Character Range: 146381–149558

7   Radar conspicuousness                                    As the cape can be easily identified on radar, no additional radar enhancement is
                                                             required.

 The existing licence between AMSA and the NPWS for tour operation within the Cape Byron Lighthouse includes additional operational requirements.

 Access is required by the licencee to conduct tours inside the lighthouse tower (in-keeping with AMSA work safety requirements). The tourism licencee must comply with any requirements, notices or

 orders any government agency having jurisdiction or authority in respect of the land or the use of the land.

 Tourism licencees must have an adequate understanding of the site's heritage values, and  new staff must be educated in the site's history and significance.

AMSA's goals

 AMSA is responsible, under the Navigation Act 2012, for maintaining a network of marine aids to navigation around Australia's coastline assisting mariners to make safe and efficient passages.
 AMSA's present network of approximately 480 marine aids to navigation at 385 sites includes traditional lighthouses (like the Cape Byron Lighthouse), beacons, buoys, racons, differential global positioning system, and automatic identification system stations, MET-Ocean sensors including broadcasting tide gauges, current meter, directional wave rider buoys and a weather station.

 Technological developments in the area of vessel traffic management have also contributed  to increase the safety of navigation and helped  promote marine environment protection. AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability
 of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation and Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).

 At the time of preparing this management plan, the major goal for the Cape Byron Lighthouse primarily encompassed continuing its utilisation as an AtoN (for as long as necessary), while up-keeping the appropriate maintenance to conserve and preserve the heritage values of the lightstation.

Lighthouse performance standards

 AMSA aims to meet international standards for the reliability of lighthouses set by the International Association of Marine AtoN and IALA. The Cape Byron light is designated as an IALA Availability Category 2 aid to navigation (within a scale of Category 1 to Category 3, Category 1 aids are most critical). Category 2 aids have an availability target  of 99.0 per cent.

Access to the lighthouse

 One practical effect of this performance standard  is that the operational equipment and structure of the light need to be kept in good repair by regular preventative maintenance and that equipment that fails while in service is repaired quickly.

 Routine maintenance and emergency repairs are carried out by AMSA's maintenance contractor.  The contractor needs to have a reliable way to get access to the site for this work, and AMSA officers also need access for  occasional  inspections  of the site including for auditing of the contractor's performance.

6.5             Proposals for change

 Preventative maintenance works are carried out on the