Queensland Subordinate Legislation as Made

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (MARINE SAFETY) REGULATION 2016 - REG 29

29 New registration of prescribed other Queensland regulated ship

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person (the
"applicant" ) applies to the chief executive or the general manager (the
"registering entity" ) to register an other Queensland regulated ship that is, or is intended to be, a prescribed other Queensland regulated ship; and

(b) the ship has not been registered as an other Queensland regulated ship and has not been a prescribed other Queensland regulated ship at any time in the last 6 months.

(2) The registering entity may ask the applicant—

(a) to give the entity a survey report for the ship issued by—

(i) if the entity considers it is necessary in the circumstances—an individual accredited under the national law as a marine surveyor to survey in a category that covers the ship’s, or a part of the ship’s, seaworthiness in relation to the aspects mentioned in the report; or

(ii) otherwise—a competent person; or

(b) to allow the entity to inspect the ship, and to pay the fee for the inspection.

(3) The registering entity may make a request under subsection (2) only if the entity has reasonable grounds to make the request.

Examples of reasonable grounds—

• the ship is not a standard model

• the ship has been involved in a marine incident

• the use of the ship may involve activities that create a high risk to safety

• for making a request under subsection (2)(a)(i)—the ship is to carry a large number of people and operate far from land

(4) The registering entity may accept, as a substitute for a survey report mentioned in subsection (2)(a), a certificate of operation under the national law for the ship that—

(a) is current; or

(b) expired less than 6 months before the application is made.

(5) The registering entity may refuse to register the ship if the applicant does not comply with the request.

(6) If the registering entity registers the ship, the ship’s registration certificate must indicate that the ship is a prescribed other Queensland regulated ship.