Marine and Safety (Collision) Regulations 2017
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Marine and Safety (Collision) Regulations 2017
Marine and Safety (Collision) Regulations 2017
I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the
Marine and Safety Authority Act 1997 . 22 May 2017 C. WARNER Governor By Her Excellency's Command, M. T. (RENE) HIDDING Minister for Infrastructure
1.
Short title
These regulations may be cited as the
Marine and Safety (Collision) Regulations 2017 .
2.
Commencement
These regulations take effect on 4 July 2017.
3.
Interpretation
In these regulations
International Regulations
means the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972 issued by the International Maritime Organization, as amended from time to time.
4.
Adoption of International Regulations
The International Regulations, together with any notes included in the International Regulations, are adopted as regulations for the purposes of the
Marine and Safety Authority Act 1997 .
5.
Offence to contravene International Regulations
A person must not contravene a provision of the International Regulations as adopted under
regulation 4 . Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
6.
Revocation of distress signals
(1)
This regulation applies if the master of a vessel transmits, or causes or allows the transmission of, an international distress signal from the vessel but later determines that the vessel is no longer in need of assistance.
(2)
As soon as practicable after determining that the vessel is no longer in need of assistance, the master of the vessel must transmit a message revoking the international distress signal or cause such a message to be transmitted. Penalty: Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.
(3)
For the purposes of
subregulation (2) , a message revoking an international distress signal is not taken to have been transmitted until the message has been acknowledged by a coast station.
(4)
In this regulation
international distress signal
means a distress signal prescribed in Annex IV of the International Regulations;
transmit
means transmit by means of a ship radio.
Displayed and numbered in accordance with the
Rules Publication Act 1953 . Notified in the Gazette on 31 May 2017 These regulations are administered in the Department of State Growth.
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