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Marine order 505—Certificates of competency—national law [1]

Submitted by anathomson on Fri, 14/02/2020 - 11:13

Announcement 

Commencing 1 January 2023 - Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency – national law) 2022

For more information - please see New Marine Order 505 (Certificates of competency) commencing on 1 January 2023 [2].

About 

Marine order 505 includes:

  • kinds of certificates that may be issued
  • application requirements for a certificate of competency
  • criteria which must be met for AMSA to issue a certificate of competency
  • conditions on a certificate of competency
  • endorsements of existing certificates
  • requirements for renewing, varying, suspending and revoking a certificate
  • key definitions. 

Assistance and tools 

Legislation and incorporated material

  • Marine order 501 (Administration—national law) [3]
  • Marine safety (Domestic commercial vessel) National Law Act 2012 [4]
  • Marine safety (Domestic commercial vessel) National Law Regulation 2013 [4]
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels [5]

Exemptions which may apply

  • Exemption 08—Marine safety (Temporary service) [6]
  • Exemption 10—Marine safety (Operation of fishing vessels) [7]
  • Exemption 12—Marine safety (Inland waters) [8]
  • Exemption 13—Marine safety (Wildlife or other sightseeing) [9]
  • Exemption 14—Marine safety (Sea rangers) [10]
  • Exemption 15—Marine safety (Scientific research and educational activities) [11]
  • Exemption 16—Marine safety (Traditional fishing) [12]
  • Exemption 17—Marine safety (Great Barrier Reef Region and Torres Strait zone) [13]
  • Exemption 18—Marine safety (Sail) [14]
  • Exemption 20—Marine safety (Special operations) [15]
  • Exemption 21—Marine safety (Operator vehicular ferry–in–chains) [16]
  • Exemption 22—Marine safety (Bareboats) [17]
  • Exemption 23—Marine safety (Masters or crew without certificates) [18]
  • Exemption 24—Marine Safety (Emergency services vessels) [19]
  • Exemption 25—Marine safety (Old certificates of competency—local restrictions) [20]
  • Exemption 26—Marine safety (Expired certificates) [21]
  • Exemption 30—Marine safety (Navigation Act seafarer qualifications) [22]
  • Exemption 31—Marine safety (Expired pre-USL Code certificates) [23]
  • Exemption 33—Marine safety (Sailing vessels with motor propulsion) [24]
  • Exemption 34—Marine safety (Expired perpetual certificates) [25]
  • Exemption 36—Marine safety (Steam-powered vessels) [26]
  • Exemption 38—Marine safety (Low complexity duties) [27]

Related content

  • Fees for certificate services—domestic commercial vessel safety [28]
  • Infringement notices [29]
  • National Law Act general exemptions [4]
  • National law exemptions for marine orders for domestic commercial vessels [30] 

Application

  • Application to suspend or revoke a certificate or approval (AMSA 600) [31]
  • Certificate of competency application (AMSA 426) [32]

Superseded 

Federal Register of Legislation [33]

Author 

Policy and Regulation

expiry_date 

Friday 14 February 2020

Summary 

General information about certificates of competency.

Marine Order Number 

505

Source URL:https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-505-certificates-competency-national-law

Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/marine-order-505-certificates-competency-national-law [2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/new-marine-order-505-certificates-competency-commencing-1-january [3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/marine-order-501-administration-national-law [4] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-law-act-2012 [5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-standard-commercial-vessels-nscv [6] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-8-marine-safety-temporary-service [7] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-10-marine-safety-operation-fishing-vessels [8] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-12-marine-safety-inland-waters [9] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-13-marine-safety-wildlife-or-other-sightseeing [10] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-14-marine-safety-sea-rangers [11] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-15-marine-safety-scientific-research-and-educational [12] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-16-marine-safety-traditional-fishing [13] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-17-marine-safety-great-barrier-reef-region-and-torres [14] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-18-marine-safety-sail [15] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-20-marine-safety-special-operations [16] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-21-marine-safety-operator-vehicular-ferry-chains [17] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-22-marine-safety-bareboats [18] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-23-marine-safety-masters-or-crew-without-certificates [19] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-24-marine-safety-emergency-services-vessels [20] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-25-marine-safety-old-certificates-competency-local [21] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-26-marine-safety-expired-certificates [22] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-30-marine-safety-navigation-act-seafarer-qualifications [23] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-31-marine-safety-expired-pre-usl-code-certificates [24] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-33-marine-safety-sailing-vessels-motor-propulsion [25] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-34-marine-safety-expired-perpetual-certificates [26] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-36-marine-safety-steam-powered-vessels [27] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/exemption-38-marine-safety-low-complexity-duties [28] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/fees-levies-and-payments/fees-services-domestic-commercial-vessel-safety [29] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/infringement-notices [30] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-law-act-exemptions-marine-orders [31] https://www.amsa.gov.au/forms/application-suspend-or-revoke-certificate-or-approval [32] https://www.amsa.gov.au/forms/certificate-competency-application [33] https://www.legislation.gov.au/