- Competent Authority
- Objectives of REEFVTS
- Mandatory Reporting Requirements
- Ships required to report to REEFVTS
- Service Delivered by REEFVTS
- Communicating with REEFVTS
- REEFVTS User Manual
Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait
Mandatory Reporting Requirements
Under the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS, Chapter 5) Governments may establish a VTS when, in their opinion, the volume of traffic or the degree of risk justifies such services.
The legislative basis for REEFREP is the general power within the Navigation Act to make regulations to implement SOLAS (s191), and the related power to make Marine Orders (s425(1AA)). Marine Order 56 is the resulting source of obligation.
last updated: November 2005