Marine Order 47 (Offshore industry units) 2019

In this Marine Order:

a term that is used but is not defined for this Order, and is defined in SOLAS or the MODU Code has the same meaning as in those instruments; and

a reference to the MODU Code that applies to the vessel means

for a MODU constructed before 1 May 1991 - the 1979 MODU Code; and

for a MODU constructed after 30 April 1991 and before 1 January 2012 - the 1989 MODU Code; and

for a MODU constructed after 31 December 2011 - the 2009 MODU Code.

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 Schedule 1 or 2 to complies with, in relation to a Marine Order, means compliance with a requirement of the 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.

A reference in SOLAS or the MODU Code 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.

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