Shipping Safety

Incident Reporting

AUSREP

REEFVTS

Declared Vessels

Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait

Levies and Fees

Standards and Regulations

Navigation Safety

Vessel Tracking

OHS Inspectorate

Port State Control

Flag State Administration

Coastal Pilotage

Codes Manuals and Reports

Fact Sheets

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