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Regulatory Plan 2002-2003

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The following items concern regulations that will come into effect during 2003-2004 or planned activities that may lead to regulatory changes in 2003-2004.

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Marine Orders Part 3

Seagoing Qualifications
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 3 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and specifies the standards of competence and other conditions to be met by a person in order to be a qualified master, officer or seaman of an Australian ship. It is based on the requirements of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers 1978 as amended by the protocol of 1995 (STCW95). Marine Orders Part 3 is being reviewed to update its requirements in line with STCW95 and to remove unnecessary procedural matters and outdated references.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 July 2004
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Marine Orders Part 12

Construction ­ Subdivision & Stability, machinery and electrical installations
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 12, for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 , gives effect to Chapter II-1 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended. It also specifies requirements for the construction of a ship for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 . Marine Orders Part 12 is being amended to reflect recent changes to SOLAS Chapter II-1, including means of access to cargo and other spaces and ship structure access manual. These amendments will come into effect internationally on 1 July 2004. It is also proposed that changes will be made to the Part concerning asbestos related matters.
Date of effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 31 December 2003

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Marine Orders Part 15

Construction ­ Fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 15, for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 , gives effect to Chapter II-2 of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, 1974, as amended.
It makes provisions for the prevention, detection and extinction of fires on ships. This Part is being amended to give effect to amendments to Regulation 3 and Regulation 19 of SOLAS Chapter II-2, adopted by IMO. The amendments will come into force internationally on
1 July 2004.
Date of effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 July 2004.
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Marine Orders Part 18

Bulk Carriers and Tankers
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 18 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter XII, Additional Safety Measures for Bulk Carriers, of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) in relation to damage stability and structural strength requirements for bulk carriers, surveys of their cargo hold structure, declarations for the density of cargo and the requirement for a loading instrument. Marine Orders Part 18 is being revised to give effect to the IMO adoption of amendments to Chapter XI-1 concerning special measures to enhance maritime safety effective 1 July 2004. The Part will be restructured to transfer requirements giving effect to Chapter XII of SOLAS to a new Part.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 July 2004

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Marine Orders Part 21

Safety of Navigation and Emergency Procedures
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 21 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and promotes safe navigation and operation of ships and gives effect to a number of regulations of Chapter V Safety of Navigation in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), 1974, as amended. It prescribes requirements for carrying out musters, boat drills, fire drills and other prescribed drills and for recording them in the official log books. It also deals with equipping ships with compasses and the examination and adjustment of compasses on ships. Marine Orders Part 21 is being revised to give effect to amendments to Chapter V of SOLAS.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 January 2004
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Marine Orders Part 25

Equipment ­ Life-saving
Description Issue:
Marine Orders Part 25, for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 , gives effect to Chapter III of the International Maritime Organization Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention, 1974, as amended. It also prescribes, for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 , the appliances to be carried on ships for the saving of life at sea. This Part is being amended to give effect to additional requirements for ro-ro passenger ships, which were adopted by IMO. The addition requirements include providing liferafts carried on board ships with radar transponders. The new requirements will come into force on 1 July 2004.
Date of effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 July 2004

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Marine Orders Part 30

Prevention of Collisions
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 30, is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 , and specifies measures to be observed for the prevention of collisions and specifies lights and signals to be provided and used on a ship. It implements the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG). Marine Orders Part 30 has been reviewed as part of AMSA's five yearly cycle to regularly review all Marine Orders and to give effect to recent IMO amendments to the COLREGs.
Date of Effect:
The amendment will come into effect on 29 November 2003
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Marine Orders Part 34

Solid Bulk Cargoes
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 34 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter VI of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended and gives effect to the Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code) for the safe loading, stowing and carriage of solid bulk cargoes. Marine Orders Part 34 is being reviewed as part of AMSA's five yearly cycle to regularly review all Marine Orders. Minor amendments are planned to be made to update definitions and some provisions.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 January 2003

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Marine Orders Part 41

Dangerous Goods
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 41 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code) and Chapter VII of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended, in relation to the carriage of dangerous cargoes in packaged form. Marine Orders Part 41 is being amended to give effect to the IMDG Code 31-02, which will become mandatory internationally from 1 January 2004.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 January 2004
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Marine Orders Part 42

Cargo Stowage and Securing
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 42 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to provisions in Chapter V and Chapter VI of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention 1974 as amended, dealing with the carriage and stowage of deck cargo on a ship and gives effect to the Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS Code), the Code of Safe Practice for Ships Carrying Timber Deck Cargoes (TDC Code). Marine Orders Part 42 is being revised to give effect to amendments to Chapter VI of SOLAS.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 January 2004

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Marine Orders Part 51

Fishing Vessels
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 51 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 , and gives effect to requirements relating to stability, subdivision, and crew qualifications for fishing vessels. Marine Orders Part 51 is being reviewed with a view to including provisions permitting the survey of fishing vessels, on a voluntary basis, to the standards provided in the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels (SFV). Consideration will also be given to modifications required to the appendices relating to certification of deck and engineer officers to permit Australian ratification of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers on Fishing Vessels (STCW-F).
Date of Effect:
The new issue is expected to come into effect by December 2004
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Marine Orders Part 55

Publication of Inspection Data
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 55 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and prescribes the nature of information that AMSA may publish about a ship and the manner in which it should be published. The information may be derived during an inspection or survey conducted by AMSA under the Act and includes information about the ship (name, number, size, kind, age etc), its country of registration, the Classification society, the nature of deficiencies found and action taken to correct them. Different publication methods are allowed, ranging from the release of individual inspection reports to the publication of annual statistical reports. Marine Orders Part 55 is being reviewed to provide for additional matters to be included in the prescribed information that can be published.
Date of Effect:
The amendment is planned to come into effect by 1 October 2003
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Marine Orders Part 96

Marine Pollution Prevention ­Sewage
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 96 is to be made pursuant to the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 to give effect to Annex IV of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL). It pertains to a ship to which MARPOL applies and prescribes conditions and procedures for disposal of sewage from a ship. Marine Orders Part 96 is a new issue giving effect to Regulations for Prevention of Pollution by Sewage from Ships set out in Annex IV of MARPOL, which were given effect in the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 by the Maritime Legislation Amendment (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 2003.
Date of Effect:
The new issue is expected to come into effect by December 2003

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