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Marine Orders Part 11

Substandard ships Issue 2 (Order No 14 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 11 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and provides for the inspection of substandard ships. It includes a list of prescribed matters in relation to accommodation and living arrangements based on the health and safety standards in the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention No. 147. Marine Orders Part 11, Issue 2, repealed Issue 1 and has been rewritten using the current drafting style and some definitions have been updated. Two prescribed items have been added to the deficiency list now located at Provision 4. These include mooring ropes and wires and sewage treatment plant. Administrative procedures in relation to the inspection of a ship in a port in Australia have also been updated and relocated to the Appendix.
Date of Effect:
13 January 2003
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Marine Orders Part 15

Construction ­ Fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction Issue 4 (Order No 8 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 15 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter II-2 of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended, in relation to the prevention, detection and extinction of fire on ships. Marine Orders Part 15, Issue 4, repeals Issue 3 and gives effect to IMO adopted revised SOLAS Chapter II-2 and a new International Code on Fire Safety Systems (FFS Code) that became effective on 1 July 2002.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002

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Marine Orders Part 17

Liquefied gas carriers and chemical tankers Issue 5 (Order No 5 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 17 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Parts B and C of Chapter VII of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended, in relation to the construction and equipment of ships carrying dangerous liquid chemicals and liquefied gases in bulk. The IMO established five Codes relating to the construction and equipment of liquefied gas carriers and chemical tankers, with a view to increasing their safety and reducing the likelihood of injury to crew members or other persons, or pollution of the oceans, in the event of damage or accident. The Codes are updated from time to time. Marine Orders Part 17, Issue 5, repeals Issue 4 and gives effect to the relevant IMO Codes amendments that became effective on 1 July 2002.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002
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Marine Orders Part 19

Tonnage Measurement Issue 4 (Order No 2 of 2003)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 19 for the purposes of section 405E of the Navigation Act 1912 makes provisions for and in relation to giving effect to the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969, and generally provides for the ascertainment of the tonnage of ships. Marine Orders Part 19, Issue 4, repeals Issue 3 and has been updated to reflect current practices, reformatted to conform to the current drafting style, and includes the delegation of the tonnage measurement function to recognized class societies.
Date of Effect:
1 March 2003

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Marine Orders Part 21

Safety of navigation and Emergency procedures Issue 4 (Order No 7 of 2002)
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, Issue 4, repealed Marine Orders Part 21, Issue 3; Marine Orders Part 23, Issue 2; and Marine Orders, Part 29, Issue 2. It gives effect to the revised Chapter V of SOLAS, including introduction of new requirements for the Automatic Identification Systems and Voyage Data Recorders that came into force on 1 July 2002.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002
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Marine Orders Part 27

Radio Equipment Issue 2 (Order No 9 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 27 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter IV of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention on Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended. It prescribes matters relating to Global Maritime Distress and Safety Systems (GMDSS) radio installations on ships and to performance standards developed by the IMO. Marine Orders Part 27, Issue 2, combines existing Marine Orders Parts 26 and 27 and reflects new radio service arrangements that came into effect from mid 2002.
Date of effect:
1 July 2002

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Marine Orders Part 44

Safe Containers Issue 5 (Order No 4 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 44 prescribes for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 matters in relation to cargo containers used in international or interstate sea transport and gives effect to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for Safe Containers 1972. Marine Orders Part 44, Issue 5, repeals Issue 4 (with the exception of an exemption or equivalent granted or continued under Issue 4 immediately prior to this issue), makes provision for authorised classification societies to give any approval and to also undertake any testing or examination specified under this Part, provides for transitional arrangements concerning exemptions, equivalents and approvals, excludes from this Part the provision pertaining to Offshore Containers as the Australian Offshore Support Vessel Code of Safe Working Practice now provides requirements for approval of these containers.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002
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Marine Orders Part 49

High-speed craft Issue 4 (Order No 6 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 49 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter X (Safety measures for high-speed craft) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS). It specifies requirements with which the construction, hull, equipment and machinery of high-speed craft must comply and makes provision for the survey, inspection and issue of certificates in respect of high-speed craft. Marine Orders Part 49, Issue 4, repeals Issue 3 and gives effect to amendments to Chapter X of SOLAS that make the High-speed craft Code 2000 mandatory for new ships built after the date of entry into force on 1 July 2002.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002

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Marine Orders Part 54

Coastal Pilotage Issue 3 - Amendment (Order No 11 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 54 provides for the purposes of the Navigation Act 1912 for the licensing of coastal pilots and makes provision for matters dealing with the functions, conduct and liability of pilots. This Part also provides the mandatory requirements of the Great Barrier Reef Pilotage Safety Management Code (GBRPSM Code). Issue 3 was amended to include guidelines for a Check Pilot system reflecting recent amendments to the Great Barrier Reef Pilotage Safety Management Code. The GBRPSM Code includes that one of the responsibilities of pilotage service providers is to appoint a person approved to be a check pilot. The Check Pilot Guidelines have been made an annex to the Code.
Date of Effect:
1 August 2002
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Marine Orders Part 58

International Safety Management Code Issue 2 (Order No 10 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 58 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to Chapter IX, Management for the Safe Operation of Ships, of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) 1974, as amended, and to the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention (ISM Code). Marine Orders Part 58, Issue 2, repeals Issue 1 and gives effect to amendments to Chapter IX of SOLAS and to the ISM Code mainly relating to the period of validity of certificates, interim certificates and forms of certificates, that entered into force on 1 July 2002.
Date of Effect:
1 July 2002

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Marine Orders Part 62

Commonwealth ships Issue 1 (Order No 1 of 2003)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 62 is made pursuant to the Navigation Act 1912 and gives effect to updated requirements applicable to Commonwealth ships. While the Navigation Act 1912 applies to Commonwealth Ships, many of its provisions are inappropriate for Commonwealth ships and for the public sector employees crewing them. Marine Orders Part 62 provides Commonwealth ships with an exemption under section 421 of the Navigation Act 1912 on condition that these ships comply with the requirements of Marine Orders Part 62.

It includes provisions in relation to the form of log-book, requirements in respect of surveys and certificates, packing, loading and stowing of dangerous goods and loading, stowing and securing cargo.
Date of Effect:
1 March 2003
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Marine Orders Part 93

Marine Pollution Prevention ­ Noxious Liquid Substances Issue 3 - Amendment (Order No 12 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 93 is made pursuant to the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 and the Navigation Act 1912 to give effect to Annex II of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973, as amended by the Protocol of 1978 (MARPOL). This amendment gives effect to a new regulation 16 to Annex II of MARPOL. The new regulation requires that every ship of 150 gross tonnage and above, certified to carry noxious liquid substances in bulk, shall carry on board a shipboard marine pollution emergency plan for noxious liquid substances. This requirement applied to all such ships from 1 January 2003.
Date of Effect:
1 January 2003
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Marine Orders Part 95

Marine Pollution Prevention ­ Garbage Issue 3 (Order 13 of 2002)
Description of issue:
Marine Orders Part 95 is made pursuant to the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 to give effect to Annex V 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 garbage from a ship. Marine Orders Part 95, Issue 3, repeals Issue 2 and gives effect to Regulation 8 and prescribes matters in relation to Regulation 9 of Annex V to MARPOL, in particular it prescribes forms for a garbage record book and a waste management plan.
Date of Effect:
1 January 2003

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