Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2014 (Cth)

AMSA MO 2014/13 Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2014 I, Mick Kinley, Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012. 17 July 2014 Mick Kinley Acting Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary 1 Name of Order 1A Commencement 1B Repeal of Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2006 2 Purpose 3 Power 4 Definitions 5 Interpretation 6 Date of construction of vessel 7 Application 8 Exemptions 9 Equivalents Division 2 Requirements for bulk carriers 10 Vessels primarily carrying dry cargoes in bulk 11 Vessels occasionally carrying dry cargoes in bulk 12 Notification requirement for solid bulk cargoes 13 Loading requirements for solid bulk cargoes Division 3 Additional requirements for regulated Australian vessels 14 Bulk carrier construction 15 Hull stress monitoring systems 16 Access requirements 17 Loading instruments Division 4 Statement for carrying dry cargoes in bulk 18 Statement for regulated Australian vessel carrying dry cargoes in bulk Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order This Order is Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2014.

1A Commencement This Order commences on 1 August 2014.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2006 Marine Order 35 (Additional safety measures for bulk carriers) 2006 is repealed.

2 Purpose This Order gives effect to Chapter XII of SOLAS, which provides structural, stability and other requirements for bulk carriers supplementing those mentioned in other chapters of SOLAS.

3 Power (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made: (a) subsection 112(5) which provides that regulations may be made for the loading, stowing or carriage of cargo in vessels, the unloading of cargo from vessels, and the giving of notices for the loading, or the unloading, stowage or carriage of cargo into vessels; and (b) paragraph 339(2)(a) which provides that regulations may be made for the design and construction of vessels; and (c) paragraph 339(2)(e) which provides that regulations may be made for the stability of vessels; and (d) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that regulations may be made to give effect to SOLAS; and (e) section 341 which provides that regulations may impose penalties. (2)Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides that regulations may be made prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed, or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act. (3) Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA may make a Marine Order about any matter for which provision must or may be made by regulations.