Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This Chapter deals with the safety of navigation.
(2) Part 2 deals with pilotage for certain vessels. It includes provisions relating to the following:
(a) establishing the requirements for compulsory pilotage and a procedure for seeking exemptions from the requirements;
(b) providing for the issue of licences;
(c) providing for pilots to issue certificates as evidence of the provision of pilotage;
(d) the approval and duties of pilotage providers;
(e) establishing offences and civil penalties for navigation without a licensed pilot, failure to comply with exemption conditions and false representation as a licensed pilot;
(f) providing for the reporting of movement or intended movement of vessels.
(3) Part 3 deals with prevention of collisions.
(4) Part 4 imposes obligations to render assistance and report incidents.
(5) Part 5 deals with aids to navigation. It includes provisions:
(a) empowering AMSA to acquire, establish, maintain and inspect aids to navigation; and
(b) empowering AMSA to deal with things that may interfere with safe navigation; and
(c) establishing offences and civil penalty provisions for the fouling or destruction of, or damage to or interference with, aids to navigation.
(6) Part 6 deals with safe navigation. It includes provisions about the following:
(a) vessel traffic services (Division 2);
(b) mandatory routeing (Division 3);
(c) reporting of movement of vessels (Division 4);
(d) the Australian Hydrographic Office (Division 5).