Compilation no. 1

Compilation date: 1 September 2023

This compilation was prepared on 26 October 2023 taking into account amendments up to Marine Orders Amendment (Marine Order 501 — consequential changes) Order 2023.

Prepared by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority

1 Name of Order

2 Application for unique identifier

3 Criterion for issue of unique identifier

4 Display of unique identifier

5 Permitted removal or alteration of unique identifier

6 Notification requirements

1 Name of Order

  This Order is Marine Order 502 (Vessel identifiers — national law) 2017.

2 Application for unique identifier

  For paragraph 76(1)(c) of the national law, an application for a unique identifier must be made in accordance with Marine Order 501 (Administration — national law) 2023.

Note 1   A fee may be charged — see section 9 of the National Law Act.

Note 2   For the definition of unique identifier see section 6 of the national law. National law and some other terms used in this Order are defined in Marine Order 501 (Administration — national law) 2023.

Note 3   An application for a unique identifier may be made at any time, including before or during the course of construction of a domestic commercial vessel.

3 Criterion for issue of unique identifier

  For paragraph 77(1)(a) of the national law, the criterion for issue of a unique identifier is that the National Regulator has not previously issued a unique identifier for the vessel.

Note   The National Regulator may issue a unique identifier for a domestic commercial vessel that holds an old unique identifier as defined in subsection 14(1) of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Regulation 2013. This is because old unique identifiers are not issued by the National Regulator but by an agency of a State or the Northern Territory before 1 July 2013.

4 Display of unique identifier

 (1) For section 79 of the national law, a unique identifier must be displayed clearly and prominently on the vessel.

 (2) The unique identifier must be displayed within 21 days of being issued.

 (3) However, if application was made for the unique identifier before or during the course of construction of the vessel, the unique identifier must be displayed before the vessel is launched.

5 Permitted removal or alteration of unique identifier

  A unique identifier may only be removed or altered if:

(a) the owner has notified the National Regulator in writing that the vessel has ceased to be a domestic commercial vessel; or

(b) an exemption from a requirement to display a unique identifier is in effect for the vessel.

6 Notification requirements

 (1) For paragraph 78(c) of the national law, the owner of a domestic commercial vessel that has a unique identifier must tell the National Regulator within 14 days of any of the following events:

(a) transfer of ownership of the vessel;

(b) sinking or scrapping of the vessel;

(c) the vessel ceases to be a domestic commercial vessel.

Penalty: 50 penalty units.

 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is a strict liability offence.

Note   If a form is approved for the notification, the approved form must be used and is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au — see Marine Order 501 (Administration — national law) 2023.

Notes to Marine Order 502 (Vessel identifiers — national law) 2017

Note 1

Marine Order 502 (Vessel identifiers — national law) 2017 (in force under subsection 163(1) of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law) as shown in this compilation comprises Marine Order 502 (Vessel identifiers — national law) 2017 amended as indicated in the following tables.

Table of Orders

Table of amendments