Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002

MSQ has the following functions—

for TOMSA—

to make standards under that Act for approval by the Governor in Council, and to monitor and audit the implementation of the standards; and

to approve an entity to conduct training programs for the operation of Queensland regulated ships or to conduct examinations for issuing licences under that Act; and

to licence masters, crew members and pilots; and

to set up and maintain aids to navigation; and

to handle the investigation process into marine incidents; and

to monitor and manage the movement of ships in Queensland waters; and

to monitor and manage the operation and activities of ships in Queensland waters; and

to monitor and manage unseaworthy ships or abandoned, stranded, sunk or wrecked ships;

for the Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995—to deal with the discharge of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters;

for the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994—to manage public marine facilities and the use of waterways;

for the domestic commercial vessel national law—to exercise powers and perform functions delegated or subdelegated to MSQ under that law and collect fees mentioned in the DCV application Act, section 15;

to develop strategies—

for marine safety; and

to prevent the deliberate, negligent or accidental discharge of ship-sourced pollutants into coastal waters;

to provide, or arrange for the provision of, maritime services including pilotage services;

to monitor and manage—

the provision by the responsible pilotage entity for a compulsory pilotage area of pilotage services; and

arrangements made by the responsible pilotage entity for a compulsory pilotage area for providing pilotage services;

any other function conferred on MSQ under this or another Act.

MSQ has power to do anything necessary or convenient to be done for the performance of MSQ’s functions.

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