Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016 (Qld)

Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2016.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 September 2016.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 9 defines particular words used in this regulation.

4 Vessels that are not ships— Act , s 10 For section 10(4) of the Act, a thing mentioned in the national regulation, section 12 is not a ship.

5 Measurement of position (1) In this regulation, position is defined by reference to GDA2020. (2) In this section— GDA2020 means the Reference Frame under the National Measurement (Recognized-Value Standard of Measurement of Position) Determination 2017 (Cwlth) as in force on 1 July 2020.

6 References to length of ship For working out the length of a ship for this regulation, the length is— (a) for sections 24 and 163, and schedule 6, part 1, division 2, item 5 and part 2, division 1—the distance measured from the foremost tip of the hull to the aftermost part of the hull, excluding appendages; or (b) otherwise—the measured length of the ship within the meaning of the NSCV, part B.

Chapter 2 Safety equipment for Queensland regulated ships

Part 1 General

7 Purpose of chapter The purpose of this chapter is to— (a) require particular Queensland regulated ships to be equipped with particular equipment; and Note— The Transport Operations (Marine Safety—Queensland Regulated Ships Miscellaneous Equipment) Standard 2017 also provides for equipment with which particular Queensland regulated ships may be equipped. (b) declare the equipment to be safety equipment to which section 44 of the Act applies.

8 Equipment to which s 44 of the Act applies Equipment with which a ship must be equipped under this chapter is safety equipment to which section 44 of the Act applies.