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 [1] and vessels exempt from survey (non-survey) [2] |
Web pages |
Vessel exempt from survey, was previously AMSA 543 |
Unpowered barges (PDF 2.51 MB) [3] | Guidance notice | AMSA 743 | |
Obtain and display a unique vessel identifier [4] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 527 | |
Residual current devices [5] | Web page | Previously fact sheet AMSA 661 | |
Transitional vessel flow charts [6] | 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) [9]
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Guidance notice | AMSA 707 | |
How Marine Safety (Recreational Use) - Exemption 04 is applied in respect to a domestic commercial vessel [10] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 677 | |
Class 1B equipment list [11] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 692 | |
Class 1C equipment list [12] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 693 | |
Class 1D equipment list [13] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 694 | |
Class 1E equipment list [14] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 695 | |
Class 2B equipment list [15] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 696 | |
Class 2C equipment list [16] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 697 | |
Class 2D equipment list [17] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 698 | |
Class 2E equipment list [18] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 699 | |
Class 3B equipment list [19] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 700 | |
Class 3C equipment list [20] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 701 | |
Class 3D equipment list [21] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 702 | |
Class 3E equipment list [22] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 703 | |
Are you considering your first aid kit and medical equipment requirements? (PDF 1018.64 KB) [23] | 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 [28] | Web page | Previously fact sheet AMSA 678 |
Sailing clubs undertaking domestic commercial vessel operations (temporarily unavailable—under review) | Fact sheet | AMSA 685 | |
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 [29] | 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 [31] | Web pages | Previously fact sheet AMSA 825 | |
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) [34] |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 900 |
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Vessels owned by community groups and clubs [35] | 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) [37] | Guidance notice | AMSA 644 | |
Boat-share arrangements and domestic commercial vessels [38] | Web page | Previously guidance notice AMSA 674 | |
Other arrangements |
Vessels previously regulated under Marine Order 62 (PDF 170.56 KB) [39] |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 580 |
Classification societies and the national law (PDF 279.91 KB) [40] |
Guidance notice |
AMSA 746 |
Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/survey-standards-domestic-commercial-vessels-survey
[2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/non-survey-vessel-approval-or-exemption
[3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/3254/download?token=L7hakiZo
[4] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/unique-vessel-identifiers
[5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/residual-current-devices
[6] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-503-existing-vessel-transitional-vessel-concept
[7] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/1994/download?token=4Vc_0J08
[8] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/1995/download?token=3EzjmcIU
[9] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/1996/download?token=t37vJoGV
[10] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-4-marine-safety-recreational-use
[11] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-1b
[12] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-1c
[13] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-1d
[14] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-1e
[15] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-2b
[16] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-2c
[17] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-2d
[18] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-2e
[19] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-3b
[20] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-3c
[21] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-3d
[22] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/vessel-equipment-list-class-3e
[23] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/3431/download?token=pZ5K5UlH
[24] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/scale-d-medical-cabinet
[25] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/scale-e-medical-cabinet
[26] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/scale-f-first-aid-kit
[27] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/scale-g-first-aid-kits
[28] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/general-safety-duties-domestic-commercial-vessels
[29] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/safety-management-systems
[30] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/certificates-operation-coo
[31] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/towing-operations-domestic-commercial-vessels
[32] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/incident-reporting
[33] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/2012/download?token=7J2rBMNk
[34] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/2013/download?token=RwtM0HTD
[35] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/vessels-owned-community-groups-and-clubs
[36] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-law-act-2012
[37] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/2219/download?token=XLs2v79g
[38] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/boat-share-arrangements-and-domestic-commercial
[39] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/2016/download?token=L5QIsJ4-
[40] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/3508/download?token=2dE3vGLs
[41] https://www.amsa.gov.au/qualifications-training/domestic-qualifications/syllabus-and-examination-checklists-domestic