Purpose
2 Purpose
This Order:
specifies standards of competence to be attained and other conditions to be satisfied by a person to be a qualified engineer officer under the Navigation Act; and
gives effect to the STCW Convention.
Note The latest edition of the STCW Convention and the STCW Code (including the amendments to the annex of the Convention known as the 2010 Manila Amendments) can be purchased from the International Maritime Organization. See the IMO website at http://www.imo.org/publications. The STCW Convention (ATS series number [1984] ATS 7) and STCW Code (ATS series number [1997] ATS 33) including any amendments in force are in the Australian Treaties Series accessible from the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website at http://www.austlii.edu.au.
This Order is to be read with Marine Order 70 (Seafarer certification) 2014.
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