Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) For paragraph 18 (1) (b) of the Act, the Authority must be notified of a change in the ownership of the ship in a message transmitted to the Rescue Coordination Centre of the Authority using any of the following means of communication:
(a) telephone;
(b) fax;
(c) email;
(d) telex;
(e) high frequency radio digital selective calling.
Note In the context of maritime radio communication, the terms 'high frequency' and 'digital selective calling' may be found cited as 'HF' and 'DSC' respectively.
(2) A message referred to in subregulation (1) must commence with the code letters TRANSREP and must specify:
(a) in the case of a telephone message:
(i) that the message is urgent; and
(ii) the telephone number, fax number, email address or telex number to be used to send an urgent message to the person who was the owner of the ship; and
(b) in any other case, all of the following:
(i) the date on which the message is transmitted;
(ii) the time of day, expressed as Universal Co - ordinated Time, that the message is transmitted;
(iii) that the message is urgent;
(iv) the telephone number, fax number, email address or telex number to be used to send an urgent message to the person who was the owner of the ship.
(3) The following particulars of a change in the ownership of a ship are prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 18 (1) (b) of the Act:
(a) the name of the new owner of the ship;
(b) the address of the principal place of business of the new owner;
(c) if the address referred to in paragraph (b) is outside Australia and the new owner has an office or agent in Australia -- the address of that office or that agent in Australia;
(d) the telephone number, fax number, email address or telex number to be used to send an urgent message to the new owner of the ship; and
(e) particulars of any change to the flag or name of the ship.