Marine Orders Part 56: REEFREP Amendment (No. 1) (Order No. 2 of 2011) (Cth)

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AMSA MO 2011/2

I, Mick Kinley, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 425 (1AA) of the Navigation Act 1912.

Mick Kinley
Acting Chief Executive Officer


1 June       2011

Marine Orders Part 56 Amendment 2011 (No. 1)(REEFREP)

1          Name of Order

This Order is Marine Orders Part 56 Amendment 2011 (No. 1).

2          Commencement

This Order commences on 1 July 2011.

3Amendment of Marine Orders Part 56, issue 2

Schedule 1 amends Marine Orders Part 56, issue 2.

Schedule 1          Amendments

[1]       Before provision 1

insert

1A       Name of Order

This Order is Marine Orders Part 56, issue 2.

[2]       Provision 1, heading

substitute

1          Purpose and power

[3]       Provision 2, definition of AUSREP

omit

[4]       Provision 2, definition of INF Code

substitute

INF Code has the same meaning as in Marine Orders — Part 41 (Carriage of Dangerous Goods).

[5]       Provision 2, definition of penal provision

substitute

penal provision means a penal provision for regulation 4 of the Navigation (Orders) Regulations 1980.

Note 1   Navigation (Orders) Regulations 1980, reg 4, states:

(1)     A person commits an offence if the person does not comply with a provision of an order that is made under subsection 425 (1AA) of the Act and that is expressed to be a penal provision.

Penalty:  50 penalty units.

(2)     An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.

Note    For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

Note 2   For the value of a penalty unit, see Crimes Act 1914, s 4AA.

[6]       Provision 2, definition of REEFCENTRE

omit

[7]       Provision 2, definition of REEFREP

omit

Resolution MSC.161(78),

insert

Resolutions MSC.161(78) and MSC.315(88),

[8]       Provision 2, definition of REEFREP area, paragraph (b)

substitute

(b)   the waters of the Great Barrier Reef between:

(i)  the Australian coast; and

(ii)  the outer edge of the Great Barrier Reef, as bounded by a line:

(A)    starting from the outer edge of the Reef at latitude 10°40′.00 S, longitude 144°00′ E; and

(B)    then running south east to latitude 21° 00′ S, longitude 152° 40′ E; and

(C)    then running east to latitude 21° 00′ S, longitude 152° 55′ E; and

(D)    then running south south east to latitude 23°42′.00 S, longitude 153°45′.00 E; and

(E)    then running south south west to latitude 24°30′.00 S, longitude 153°35′.00 E; and

(F)     then running west to the intersection of latitude 24° 30′.00 S with the Australian coast at the low water line.

[9]       Provision 2, after definition of REEFREP area

insert

REEFVTS means the navigational service, known as the Great Barrier Reef and Torres Strait Vessel Traffic Service, operated jointly by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority and Maritime Safety Queensland.

[10]     Provision 2, definition of SOLAS

omit

Navigation Act 19123.

insert

Navigation Act, section 187A.

[11]     Provision 2, at the foot

insert

Note   At the time of making Marine Orders Part 56 Amendment 2011 (No. 1), the latest text of SOLAS was set out in SOLAS Consolidated Edition 2009, as amended by the IMO publication ‘SOLAS Amendments 2008 and 2009’, ISBN 978-92-801-1520-8.

[12]     Provision 5

omit everything before paragraph (a), insert

The master of a ship to which this Part applies must make the following reports to REEFVTS:

[13]     Appendix 1, after paragraph 3.2 (e)

insert

Note   Ships are encouraged to provide a passage plan, as described in provision 4 of Appendix 1, when providing an Entry Report.  However, it is recognised that when a ship is waiting for a pilot to come aboard, it may not be possible to provide a detailed passage plan until after the pilot has boarded.

[14]     Appendix 1, paragraph 3.2 (f)

omit

&

insert

and

[15]     Appendix 1, provision 3.3

omit

[16]     Appendix 1, provision 3.4

re-number as provision 3.3

[17]     Appendix 1, provision 4.1

omit

3.4

insert

3.3

[18]     Appendix 1, provision 4.2.1.1

omit

Manual.

insert

Guide.

[19]     Appendix 1, paragraph 4.2.1.2 (d), footnote 11

omit

High Peak

insert

Sandy Cape

[20]     Appendix 1, paragraph 4.2.1.2 (e)

omit everything after

tenths of

insert

a knot).

[21]     Appendix 1, paragraph 4.2.3 (d)

omit everything after

tenths of

insert

a knot).

[22]     Appendix 1, provision 6.4

omit

the REEFREP operator.

insert

REEFVTS.

[23]     Appendix 1, paragraph 6.4 (c)

omit

Point.

insert

Point; and

[24]     Appendix 1, after paragraph 6.4 (c)

insert

(d)   speed (ship’s anticipated average speed in knots and tenths of a knot).

[25]     Appendix 1, paragraph 7.1 (d)

omit everything after

knots

insert

and tenths of a knot);

[26]     Appendix 1, paragraphs 8.2 (e) and (f)

omit

[27]     Appendix 1, paragraph 8.2 (g)

re-letter as paragraph (e)

[28]     Appendix 1, provision 9.1

substitute

9.1       Ways of making reports

The reports that are required under provision 5 of this Part may be made in any of the following ways:

(a)   Inmarsat C — through POR LES (212) using special access code (SAC) 861;

Note   This service is free of charge.

(b)   VHF Radiotelephone — REEFVTS is operational 24 hours a day and can be contacted on VHF channels 11 or 14 depending on the ship’s position (see Table 2 for a list of positions and VHF channels);

Table 2

Latitude from:

Latitude to:

VHF Channel

9° 00´ S 13° 30´ S 14
13° 30´ S 18° 00´ S 11
18° 00´ S 20° 00´ S 14
20° 00´ S 22° 00´ S 11
22° 00´ S 24° 30´ S 14

(c)   on telephone number +61 7 4726 3428;

(d)   on facsimile number +61 7 4721 0633;

(e)   by email: [email protected].

[29]     Appendix 1, provision 9.3

substitute

9.3       Failure to report

Failure of a ship’s equipment that prevents reporting under provision 5 of this Part must be recorded in:

(a)   for radio equipment — the ship’s radio log book; or

(b)   for other equipment — the Official Log Book.

[30]     Appendix 2, after item Townsville (N)

insert

Note   Ship Reporting Point symbol with designation according to charts AUS490, AUS4620 and AUS4635.

[31]     Appendix 2, table item Hay Point (N)

omit

[32]     Appendix 2, table item High Peak, column headed ‘type’

omit

E

insert

I

[33]     Appendix 2, after table item High Peak

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Swain Z1 E 21°50′ 153°10′
Archer Z2 E 22°45′ 153°25′
Sandy Cape Z3 E 24°30′ 153°35′
Port Alma Z4 P 23°23′ 151°03′
Gladstone (N) Z5 P 23°45′ 151°31′
Gladstone (E) Z6 P 23°54′ 151°45′
Bundaberg (W) Z7 P 24°30′ 152°25′
Bundaberg (E) Z8 P 24°30′ 152°48′

[34]     Further amendments — references to REEFCENTRE

The following provisions are amended by omitting ‘REEFCENTRE’ and inserting ‘REEFVTS’:

·Appendix 1, provision 3, footnote 7

·Appendix 1, provision 4.2

·Appendix 1, provision 4.2.2.1

·Appendix 1, provision 4.2.3

·Appendix 1, provision 5.1

·Appendix 1, provisions 6.1 and 6.2

·Appendix 1, provision 6.2, footnotes 15 and 16

[35]     Further amendments — omission of abbreviations

Each heading in Appendix 1 mentioned in an item in the following table is amended by omitting the abbreviation shown in the item.

Item

Heading (including provision number)

Abbreviation

1 2 Pre-Entry Position Report (PER)
2 3 Entry Report (ER)
3 4 Passage Plan Report (PP)
4 4.2.1 Standard Route Plan (PP1)
5 4.2.2 Mandatory Reporting Route Plan (PP2)
6 4.2.3 Waypoint Route Plans (PP3)
7 5 Route Deviation Report (DR)
8 6 Intermediate Position Reports (PR)
9 8 Final Report (FR)

[36]     Further amendments — footnotes

Footnote

Instruction

2 Omit
3 Omit
4 Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 4
5 Omit
6 Re-locate as note 2 at foot of paragraph 3.2 (e) in Appendix 1
7 Re-locate as a note at foot of paragraph 3.2 (j) in Appendix 1
8 Re-locate as a note at foot of heading to provision 4 in Appendix 1
9 Re-locate as a note at foot of provision 4.2 in Appendix 1
10 Re-locate as a note at foot of  provision 4.2.1.1 in Appendix 1
11 Re-locate as a note at foot of paragraph 4.2.1.2 (d) in Appendix 1
12 Re-locate as a note at foot of provision.4.2.2.2 (d) in Appendix 1
13 Re-locate as a note at foot of paragraph 4.2.3 (c) in Appendix 1
14 Re-locate as a note at foot of heading to provision 6 in Appendix 1
15 Re-locate as note 1 at foot of provision 6.2 in Appendix 1
16 Re-locate as note 2 at foot of provision 6.2 in Appendix 1
17 Omit
19 Omit

Note   Footnotes 1 and 18 are omitted by the substitution of the provisions to which they were footnotes.  Footnote 3 is omitted by the omission of the footnote marker for footnote 3.

[37]     Further amendments — definitions

The following definitions in provision 2 are amended by:

(a)   omitting the concluding semi-colon and substituting a full stop; and

(b)   formatting each defined term in bold italic:

·     chemical tanker

·     combination carrier

·     IMO

·     in the vicinity of

·     length of tow

·     liquefied gas carrier

· Navigation Act

·     oil tanker

·     overall length

Note

1.       All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See

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