Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Regulations 1983 (Cth)

Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Regulations 1983

Statutory Rules 1983 No. 220 as amended

made under the

Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981

This compilation was prepared on 16 December 2006 taking into account amendments up to SLI 2006 No. 360

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney‑General's Department, Canberra

Contents

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1] 2 Interpretation 3 Notification of change in ownership of a ship 4 Notification of change of master of ship 5 Notification of change of owner of tangible asset

Notes

1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]

These Regulations are the Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Regulations 1983.

2 Interpretation

In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, the Act means the Protection of the Sea (Powers of Intervention) Act 1981.

3 Notification of change in ownership of a ship

(1) For paragraph 18 (1) (b) of the Act, the Authority must be notified of a change in the ownership of the ship in a message transmitted to the Rescue Coordination Centre of the Authority using any of the following means of communication: (a) telephone; (b) fax; (c) email; (d) telex; (e) high frequency radio digital selective calling.

Note In the context of maritime radio communication, the terms 'high frequency' and 'digital selective calling' may be found cited as 'HF' and 'DSC' respectively.

(2) A message referred to in subregulation (1) must commence with the code letters TRANSREP and must specify: (a) in the case of a telephone message: (i) that the message is urgent; and (ii) the telephone number, fax number, email address or telex number to be used to send an urgent message to the person who was the owner of the ship; and (b) in any other case, all of the following: (i) the date on which the message is transmitted; (ii) the time of day, expressed as Universal Co‑ordinated Time, that the message is transmitted; (iii) that the message is urgent; (iv) the telephone number, fax number, email address or telex number to be used to send an urgent message to the person who was the owner of the ship.