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- Danger with the use of weighted heaving lines—marine notice 18/2016
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- Exemption 40—Marine Safety (Class C restricted operations) 2017
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- Failure of lifting wire ropes—marine notice 18/2015
- Fitness for duty—marine notice 14/2017
- Free-fall lifeboat safety—marine notice 15/2015
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- Global implementation of new sulphur content limit in fuel oil for all ships from 1 January 2020—marine notice 2/2017
- Guidance document for the recording operations in the oil record book part I—marine notice 09/2015
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- Guidance on ECDIS for ships calling at Australian ports—marine notice 7/2017
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- In-transit fumigation of ship cargoes—marine notice 06/2014
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- Limitation of sulphur emissions from cruise vessels while at berth in Sydney Harbour—marine notice 2018/6
- MARPOL Annex V Discharges—marine notice 4/2017
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- Maintenance and adjustment of magnetic compasses—marine notice 19/2016
- Marine Order 501—Administration—national law
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- Marine Safety (Sailing vessels with motor propulsion) Exemption 2017 (No. 2)
- Marine Safety (Scientific research and educational activities) Exemption 2017
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- Marine Safety (Special operations) Exemption 2017
- Marine Safety (Steam-powered vessels) Exemption 2017 (No. 2)
- Marine Safety (Temporary service) Exemption
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- Marine notices
- Marine order 11—Living and working conditions on vessels
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- Means of embarkation and disembarkation from ships in port—marine notice 13/2014
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- Perpetual certificates of proficiency as rating and safety training—marine notice 7/2016
- Piracy and armed robbery against ships—marine notice 07/2015
- Pre-loading cargo information for livestock vessels—marine notice 2018/5
- Pressure vessel systems response to fatal accident—marine notice 05/2014
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- Receiving Maritime Safety Information (MSI)—marine notice 13/2016
- Recovery of persons from the water—marine notice 12/2014
- Reducing the risk of collisions at sea—marine notice 14/2015
- Refurbished ‘HAMMAR’ Hydrostatic Release Units—marine notice 02/2015
- Regulations for air emissions from ships—marine notice 5/2017
- Responsible navigational practices—marine notice 02/2019
- Revalidation of certificates of competency and certificates of proficiency—marine notice 14/2016
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- Transfer operations at sea and in coastal waters—marine notice 15/2017
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- Use of pilot ladders—marine notice 19/2015
- Use or carriage of heavy grade oils in the Antarctic—marine notice 08/2015
- VHF marine radios with digital selective calling capability—automatic channel switching marine notice 10/2017
- VHF marine radios with digital selective calling capability—automatic channel switching—marine notice 10/2017
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