Marine Order 31 (SOLAS and non-SOLAS certification) 2019

In this Marine Order:

a term that is used but is not defined for this Marine Order, and is defined in SOLAS, has the meaning given by SOLAS; and

mention of the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification is taken to be a reference to the Guidelines as if in force internationally on a mandatory basis; and

a reference in Schedules 1 to 3 to complies with means, in relation to a Marine Order, compliance with a requirement of the Marine Order that applies to the vessel or its equipment to the extent it has not been disapplied by any exemption or replaced by any approved equivalent.

For Regulation 11(c) of Chapter I of SOLAS, the appropriate authority for Australia is AMSA.

The reference in SOLAS to the Administration is taken to mean:

for a regulated Australian vessel - AMSA; or

for a foreign vessel - the government of the country whose flag the vessel is entitled to fly.

The reference in the Survey Guidelines under the Harmonised System of Survey and Certification to cargo ship is taken to include a fishing vessel for Subdivision 2.2 and Schedule 2.