Record-keeping and reporting obligations
26 Record-keeping and reporting obligations
(1) For sections 18(1) and (3) and 87(1) and (3) of the Act, the prescribed particulars of a reportable incident that are required to be kept or reported are details that are sufficient to describe the following:
the nature of the incident and the circumstances surrounding it;
the time and location of the incident;
the persons involved in the incident;
the vessels (if any) involved in the incident;
(e) the response of the port operator or pilotage services provider to the incident;
(f) for an event that involves actual or potential harm to the environment:
how that harm occurred, is occurring or may occur; and
action taken to prevent, reduce, control or remove that harm.
(2) For sections 18(1) and 87(1) of the Act, records are kept in the prescribed manner if they are kept in writing.
(3) It is sufficient compliance with a reporting obligation under section 18(3) or 87(3) of the Act if the port operator or pilotage services provider (as the case requires) gives to the regional harbourmaster a copy of a report of a reportable incident made under another Act that contains the prescribed particulars mentioned in subregulation (1).
(4) For sections 18(3) and 87(3) of the Act, the prescribed period after the occurrence of a reportable incident is:
1 hour – if the reportable incident involves:
the death of a person; or
(ii) an injury to a person that requires or results in immediate treatment for:
the amputation of any part of the person's body; or
a serious head injury; or
a serious eye injury; or
a serious burn; or
(E) the separation of the person's skin from an underlying tissue (such as degloving or scalping); or
a spinal injury; or
the loss of a bodily function; or
serious lacerations; or
the loss of a vessel; or
the loss of a person from a vessel; or
(v) the loss of, or damage to, property to the value of $20 000 or more; or
actual or potential harm to the environment; or
(b) in any other case – 12 hours or, if the reportable incident is also required to be reported by the port operator or pilotage services provider under another Act within a shorter period, the shorter period.
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