Navigation Act 2012

The regulations may make provision for the reporting requirements:

of foreign vessels that are in, or in the process of entering or leaving, the prescribed area in relation to a reporting matter; and

of all regulated Australian vessels in any area.

Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for:

the form and content of sailing plans for foreign vessels proposing to leave an Australian port bound for another port, whether or not the other port is an Australian port; and

the form and content of sailing plans for regulated Australian vessels proposing to leave a port bound for another port, whether or not the ports are Australian ports; and

the form and content of reports on the movement of foreign vessels entering, traversing or leaving the prescribed area in relation to a reporting matter, including reports on position, course and speed and such other matters as the regulations prescribe; and

the form and content of reports on the movement of regulated Australian vessels, including reports on position, course and speed and such other matters as the regulations prescribe; and

the requirement to notify the cancellation of sailing plans and to give additional reports on movement if a vessel deviates, by more than an amount prescribed by the regulations, from a previously indicated course; and

the time at which and manner in which sailing plans, reports on movements and cancellations of sailing plans are to be notified.

In this section:

the area for which Australia has responsibility for search and rescue; and

any area of the sea beyond the outer limits of the area referred to in paragraph (a) that is an area in respect of which Australia is required or permitted, under an international instrument, to obtain reports relating to the movement, or intended movement, of vessels;