Marine Order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) 2023 (Cth)

AMSA MO 2023/9 Marine Order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) 2023 I, Michael Kinley, Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, make this Order under subsection 342(1) of the Navigation Act 2012. Dated 11 December 2023 Michael Kinley Chief Executive Officer

Division 1 Preliminary 1 Name of Marine Order 1A Commencement 1B Repeal of Marine Order 27 (Safety of navigation and radio equipment) 2016 2 Purpose 3 Power 4 Definitions 5 Interpretation 6 Application 7 Exemptions 8 Equivalents Division 2 Navigation safety Subdivision 2.1 Navigation safety measures 9 Cooperation with search and rescue services 10 Ship reporting systems 11 Ships' routeing 12 Use of heading or track control systems 13 Records of navigational activities and daily reporting 14 Safe navigation and avoidance of dangerous situations 15 Persons not to interfere with master's decisions Subdivision 2.2 Navigational safety equipment etc 16 Bridge design, bridge procedures, design and arrangement of navigational systems and equipment 17 Maintenance of navigational equipment 18 Electromagnetic compatibility 19 Navigational systems and equipment — performance standards 20 Navigational systems and equipment — installation and use requirements etc 21 Long-range identification and tracking of vessels 22 Voyage data recorders 23 International Code of Signals and IAMSAR Manual 24 Nautical charts and nautical publications 25 Magnetic compass 26 Other equipment Division 3 Radio installations and radio equipment 27 Radio installations and carriage requirements for radio equipment etc 28 Functional requirements for radio installations and equipment 29 Other requirements for radio installations and equipment — type approval, performance standards, maintenance etc 30 EPIRBs — registration and disposal Division 4 Safety, urgency and distress communications Subdivision 4.1 Safety communications including safety signals and danger messages 31 Safety signals and danger messages — prescribed matters 32 Records of dangers and danger messages 33 Transmission of safety communications and danger messages 34 Duties of persons hearing safety communications Subdivision 4.2 Urgency and distress communications 35 Transmission of urgency communications 36 Transmission of distress communications 37 Duties of persons hearing urgency or distress communications Division 5 Other matters 38 Obligations and procedures in relation to persons in distress at sea 39 Life-saving signals to be used by ships, aircraft or persons in distress 40 Misuse of flares etc 41 Documentation requirements — general Division 6 Transitional arrangements 42 Continuation of exemptions 43 Approvals Schedule 1 Compass deviation book information Schedule 2 Radio installations and equipment — regulated Australian vessels to which Chapter IV of SOLAS does not apply