Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) REGULATION 2016 - REG 10

10 Ship to be equipped with EPIRB

(1) A ship must be equipped with an EPIRB that—

(a) has an operational frequency of 406MHz; and

(b) complies with the standard AS/NZS 4280.1:2003 (406 MHz satellite distress beacons— Part 1 ; Marine emergency position-indicating radio beacons (EPIRB)); and

(c) has been registered for the ship under subsection (2) by the owner or master of the ship; and

(d) has up-to-date registration.

(2) The owner or master of a ship must register an EPIRB to be operated on the ship with AMSA by giving notice of the following details to AMSA—

(a) the owner or master’s name, address and phone number;

(b) the name and phone number of a person nominated by the owner or master as the owner or master’s alternative contact;

(c) the identifying code of the EPIRB;

(d) details of the ship that are reasonably required by AMSA;

(e) any other details reasonably required by AMSA.

(3) For subsection (1) (d) , an EPIRB has up-to-date registration if—

(a) there has been no change in the details given to AMSA under subsection (2) ; or

(b) if there has been a change in the details given to AMSA under subsection (2) —notice of each change has been given to AMSA by the owner or master of the ship within 14 days after the change.

(4) For subsection (2) and (3) (b) , notice to AMSA must be given in the way required by AMSA.

(5) In this section—

"AS/NZS" means a standard published jointly by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.