Marine Orders
342 Marine Orders
AMSA may, by legislative instrument, make an order (to be known as a Marine Order) with respect to any matter for which provision must or may be made by the regulations.
If a Marine Order is inconsistent with this Act, the Marine Order is of no effect to the extent of the inconsistency.
A reference to this Act in subsection (2) does not include a reference to a Marine Order.
Despite section 14 of the Legislation Act 2003, a Marine Order may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in an instrument or other document:
as in force or existing at a particular time; or
as in force or existing from time to time;
even if the instrument or other document does not exist when the Marine Order comes into operation.
This provision refers to the regulations (the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Marine Order 11 (Living and working conditions on vessels) 2024 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
- Marine Order 12 (Construction — subdivision and stability, machinery and electrical installations) 2023 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
- Marine Order 15 (Construction — fire protection, fire detection and fire extinction) 2014 · Legislative Instrument · under s 342(1)
15 more instruments made under this Act are listed on the Act’s overview.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandumSecond reading speech
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