Guidance notices and fact sheets for domestic commercial vessel owners and operators
Guidance material is set out below to help you understand how to comply. Fact sheets are provided for some topics to provide a short overview of the relevant requirements. Some fact sheets and guidance notices are now webpages with the links appearing below.
| Topic | Guidance notices and fact sheets | Type | Document number |
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Vessels |
Guidance for certificates of survey (in-survey) for domestic commercial vessels and vessels exempt from survey (non-survey) |
Web pages |
Vessel exempt from survey, was previously AMSA 543 |
| Unpowered barges (PDF 2.51 MB) | Guidance notice | AMSA 743 | |
| Obtain and display a unique vessel identifier | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 527 | |
| Residual current devices | Web page | Previously fact sheet AMSA 661 | |
| Transitional vessel flow charts | Web page | Previously fact sheet AMSA 241 | |
| Guidance notice |
AMSA 577 |
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| Guidance notice |
AMSA 830 |
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| Inspection of portable fire extinguishers (stored pressure type) (PDF 608.28 KB)
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Guidance notice | AMSA 707 | |
| How Marine Safety (Recreational Use) - Exemption 04 is applied in respect to a domestic commercial vessel | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 677 | |
| Class 1B equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 692 | |
| Class 1C equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 693 | |
| Class 1D equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 694 | |
| Class 1E equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 695 | |
| Class 2B equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 696 | |
| Class 2C equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 697 | |
| Class 2D equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 698 | |
| Class 2E equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 699 | |
| Class 3B equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 700 | |
| Class 3C equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 701 | |
| Class 3D equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 702 | |
| Class 3E equipment list | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 703 | |
| Are you considering your first aid kit and medical equipment requirements? (PDF 1018.64 KB) | Fact sheet | Previously guidance notice AMSA 671 | |
| Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 749 |
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| Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 750 |
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| Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 753 |
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| Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 754 |
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Operations |
General safety duties | Web page | Previously fact sheet AMSA 678 |
| Sailing clubs undertaking domestic commercial vessel operations (temporarily unavailable—under review) | Fact sheet | AMSA 685 | |
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Sailing clubs delivering recreational sail training and related commercial activities (temporarily unavailable—under review) |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 662 |
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| Safety management systems | Web pages | Previously guidance notice AMSA 590 and fact sheet AMSA 675 | |
| Web pages |
Previously fact sheet AMSA 676 |
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| Towing operations | Web pages | Previously fact sheet AMSA 825 | |
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Marine incidents |
Web page |
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Miscellaneous
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Guidance notice |
AMSA 826 |
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Carriage of harmful substances in packaged form on domestic commercial vessels (PDF 189.33 KB) |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 900 |
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| Vessels owned by community groups and clubs | Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 585 |
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| Web page |
Previously guidance notice AMSA 592 |
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| The meaning of owner in the national law (PDF 294.1 KB) | Guidance notice | AMSA 644 | |
| Boat-share arrangements and domestic commercial vessels | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 674 | |
| Other arrangements |
Vessels previously regulated under Marine Order 62 (PDF 170.56 KB) |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 580 |
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Classification societies and the national law (PDF 279.91 KB) |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 746 |