Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016 (Cth)

AMSA MO 2016/6 Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016 I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012. 7 June 2016 Michael Kinley Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary 1 Name of Order 1A Commencement 1B Repeal of Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014 2 Purpose 3 Power 4 Definitions 5 Interpretation 6 Application 7 Exemptions 8 Equivalents Division 2 Cargo information and weighing 9 Information for master 10 Verification of gross mass of cargo units and cargo carried in certain containers 11 Shipper to ensure shipping document includes verified gross mass 12 Loading of containers — required information Division 3 Loading, stowage and securing of cargo 13 Use of pesticides in vessels 14 Stowage and securing — requirements 15 Cargo Securing Manual 16 Gross mass limit for packed freight containers 17 Unsafe or inadequate arrangements 18 Additional information 19 Stowage of cargo on deck 20 Material safety data sheets 21 Blending liquid bulk cargoes or production processes on voyages

Division 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Order This Order is Marine Order 42 (Carriage, stowage and securing of cargoes and containers) 2016.

1A Commencement This Order commences on 1 July 2016.

1B Repeal of Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014 Marine Order 42 (Cargo, stowage and securing) 2014 is repealed.

2 Purpose This Order gives effect to Part A of Chapter VI of SOLAS. Note For the text of SOLAS — see http://www.imo.org.

3 Power (1)The following provisions of the Navigation Act provide for this Order to be made: (a) subsection 112(4) which provides that the regulations may provide for the carriage of cargo on a vessel; (b) subsection 112(5) which provides that the regulations may provide for, among other things, the loading, stowing or carriage of cargo in vessels and the giving of notices for the loading, stowage or carriage of cargo in vessels; (c) paragraph 340(1)(a) which provides that the regulations may provide for giving effect to SOLAS; (d) subsection 341(2) which provides that the regulations may provide for a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter in a document as at a particular time, as in force from time to time or not yet in existence. (2)Subsection 339(1) of the Navigation Act provides for regulations to 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 Navigation Act. (3)Section 341 of the Navigation Act provides for the imposition of penalties in regulations. (4)Subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act provides that AMSA may make a Marine Order about anything that may or must be made by regulation.