NSCV Part G: Non-survey vessels

Specifies the minimum standards for design and construction and safety equipment.

Full title	NSCV Part G: Non-survey vessels
Current	Commenced 1 January 2021: NSCV Part G: Non-survey vessels (PDF 501 KB) [1]
About	The National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) Part G specifies the following for non-survey vessels and other domestic commercial vessels that are not required to have a certificate of survey: (a) the minimum standards for design and construction (b) the minimum safety equipment to be carried on board.
Announcement	This edition 2.4 (1 January 2021) amends Schedule 1 to include alternative arrangements for EPIRBs on small (<7.5m) vessels operating in open waters (offshore operations (B waters) or restricted offshore operations (C waters)). The changes implement the results of feedback from, and consultation with, industry regarding the practicality of installing float-free EPIRBs on small vessels. Operators of vessels less than 7.5m in measured length, that operate in open waters more than 2nm from land, and do not have level flotation, now have the option to choose to carry either: A float-free EPIRB, or If all persons on board are wearing a lifejacket - any GNSS (GPS) equipped EPIRB that complies with Australian Standard 4280.1:2017. This edition also introduces several new definitions relation to EPIRBs: Float-free EPIRB Float-free bracket GNSS equipped EPIRB Water-activated EPIRB
Assistance and tools	Equipment guidance notices for non-surveyed vessels [2]: Class 2 and Class 3—equipment guidance [3] Class 2E, 3E and 4E—equipment guidance [4] Class 2D, 3D and 4D—equipment guidance [5] Tender vessels (<7.5m and no longer than parent vessel)—equipment guidance [6] Class 3 in warm waters within 2nm of land – safety equipment guidance [7] Class 3 within 200m of land – safety equipment guidance
References	AMSA Beacons page [8] My Boat [9] National Law Act and regulations [10] Marine orders [11] Exemptions [12] National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) [13] Generic equivalent solutions (GES) [14] Guidance notices and factsheets for DCV owners and operators [15] Uniform Shipping Laws code [16] Marine VHF radio operators handbook [17] Marine radio operators handbook [17] GMDSS handbook [18] International regulations for preventing collisions at sea, 1972 (COLREGs) [19] AMSA Beacons page [8]
Superseded	Superseded standards for commercial vessels [20]
Author	Standards

Links
[1] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/7141/download?token=Uny_6LIS
[2] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/nscv-part-g-equipment-guidance-notices-non-surveyed-vessels
[3] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/5722/download?token=_9pxc0-s
[4] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/5724/download?token=qIiyUnfy
[5] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/5723/download?token=ZY6po-t4
[6] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/5725/download?token=DEnzwgkC
[7] https://www.amsa.gov.au/file/7607/download?token=aba5zV_r
[8] https://beacons.amsa.gov.au/
[9] https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/domestic-commercial-vessels/my-boat
[10] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-law-act-2012
[11] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/index-marine-orders
[12] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-law-act-exemptions-marine-orders
[13] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/national-standard-commercial-vessels-nscv
[14] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/generic-equivalent-solutions-national-standards
[15] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/guidance-notices-and-fact-sheets-domestic-commercial-vessel-owners
[16] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/uniform-shipping-laws-code
[17] https://www.amc.edu.au/industry/omc/handbooks-and-revision-questions
[18] https://www.amsa.gov.au/safety-navigation/navigation-systems/global-maritime-distress-and-safety-system-gmdss-radio-logbook
[19] http://www.imo.org/en/About/Conventions/ListOfConventions/Pages/COLREG.aspx
[20] https://www.amsa.gov.au/about/regulations-and-standards/superseded-standards-commercial-vessels