Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may make provision for the reporting requirements:
(a) of foreign vessels that are in, or in the process of entering or leaving, the prescribed area in relation to a reporting matter; and
(b) of all regulated Australian vessels in any area.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may provide for:
(a) the form and content of sailing plans for foreign vessels proposing to leave an Australian port bound for another port, whether or not the other port is an Australian port; and
(b) the form and content of sailing plans for regulated Australian vessels proposing to leave a port bound for another port, whether or not the ports are Australian ports; and
(c) the form and content of reports on the movement of foreign vessels entering, traversing or leaving the prescribed area in relation to a reporting matter, including reports on position, course and speed and such other matters as the regulations prescribe; and
(d) the form and content of reports on the movement of regulated Australian vessels, including reports on position, course and speed and such other matters as the regulations prescribe; and
(e) the requirement to notify the cancellation of sailing plans and to give additional reports on movement if a vessel deviates, by more than an amount prescribed by the regulations, from a previously indicated course; and
(f) the time at which and manner in which sailing plans, reports on movements and cancellations of sailing plans are to be notified.
(3) In this section:
"prescribed area" , in relation to any reporting matter or matters, means an area of sea around Australia that comprises so much of:
(a) the area for which Australia has responsibility for search and rescue; and
(b) any area of the sea beyond the outer limits of the area referred to in paragraph (a) that is an area in respect of which Australia is required or permitted, under an international instrument, to obtain reports relating to the movement, or intended movement, of vessels;
as is prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this Division in relation to that matter or those matters.
"reporting matter" means any matter relating to the movement, or intended movement, of vessels, including any such matter that is referred to under an international instrument that confers rights or imposes duties on Australia as a contracting party.