Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT SAFETY INVESTIGATION REGULATIONS 2021 - REG 21

    For the purposes of the definition of responsible person in subsection   3(1) of the Act, the following persons are responsible persons in relation to reportable matters involving a ship:

  (a)   the master of the ship, or the person in charge of the ship;

  (b)   the owner or operator of the ship;

  (c)   an agent of the owner or operator of the ship;

  (d)   a pilot who has duties on board the ship;

  (e)   a pilotage provider (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012 ) responsible for assigning or allocating a pilot to the ship;

  (f)   a vessel traffic service authority (within the meaning of the Navigation Act 2012 ) that provides a vessel traffic service to the ship.