Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated RegulationsImmediately reportable matters--general
(1) For the purposes of the definition of immediately reportable matters in subsection 3(1) of the Act, an investigable matter in the table in subsection (2) of this section is prescribed in relation to an operation to which this Part applies if:
(a) the matter has affected, or is likely to affect, the safety, operation or seaworthiness of a ship; or
(b) the matter involves:
(i) the death of a person; or
(ii) serious injury to a person; or
(iii) the loss of a ship; or
(iv) the loss of a person from a ship; or
(v) significant damage to a ship; or
(vi) loss of cargo of a ship.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the table is as follows.
Immediately reportable matters--marine operations | |
Item | Immediately reportable matter |
1 | A death of, or injury to, a person associated with the operation or navigation of a ship |
2 | The loss or presumed loss of a ship |
3 | A collision of a ship with another ship |
4 | A collision of a ship with an object |
5 | The grounding, sinking, flooding or capsizing of a ship |
6 | A fire on board a ship |
7 | A loss of stability of a ship that affects the safety of the ship |
8 | The structural failure of a ship |
9 | |
10 | An event that results in, or could have resulted in: (a) the death of, or injury to, a person on board a ship; or (b) the loss of a person from a ship; or (c) a ship becoming disabled and requiring assistance |
11 | The fouling or damaging by a ship of: (a) any pipeline or submarine cable; or (b) any aid to navigation |
Immediately reportable matters--damage to aid to navigation
(3) For the purposes of the definition of immediately reportable matters in subsection 3(1) of the Act, the damaging of an AMSA aid to navigation (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012 ) is prescribed in relation to an operation to which this Part applies.
Foreign vessels
(4) However, in relation to a ship that is a foreign vessel (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012 ) and that is in the territorial sea of Australia in the course of innocent passage, an investigable matter to which subsection (1) or (3) applies is prescribed only if the matter:
(a) has affected, or is likely to affect, the safety of navigation; or
(b) involves a collision with, or the fouling or damaging of, any facility, installation, navigational aid, pipeline or submarine cable.