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Maritime Safety Queensland administers the following legislation:

• Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002 (PDF, 346 KB)
• Maritime Safety Queensland Regulation 2002 (PDF, 317 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 (PDF, 744 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2004 (PDF, 855 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Bareboat Ships) Standard 2007 (PDF, 243 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Commercial Ships and Fishing Ships Miscellaneous Equipment) Standard 2006 (PDF, 203 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Designing and Building Commercial Ships and Fishing Ships) Standard 2006 (PDF, 271 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Examining and Training(Commercial and Fishing Ships)) Standard 2007 (PDF, 208 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Hire and Drive Ships)Standard 2007 (PDF, 250 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Parasailing) Standard 2007 (PDF, 250 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Accreditation as Ship Designer,Ship Builder or Marine Surveyor) Standard 2006 (PDF, 222 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Examining and Training Program Approvals (Recreational Ships and Personal Watercraft)) Standard 2005 (PDF, 219 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Safety — Recreational Ships Miscellaneous Equipment) Standard 2006 (PDF, 226 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995 (PDF, 659 KB)
• Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Regulation 2008 (PDF, 722 KB)

A copy of the legislation can be accessed from the links or by going to the Office of Parliamentary Counsel website*.

The Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act and Regulations makes reference to a number of national and international standards, codes, conventions and other legislation. Links are provided below:

• Standards
  • Australian Standards (AS)* — SAI Global (fees apply)
  • Australian Standard/New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS)* — SAI Global (fees apply)
  • Standards New Zealand*(fees apply)
  • British Standards (BS), British Standards (BS EN)* — British Standards Institution (BSI Group) (fees apply)
  • International Organization for Standardization (ISO)* — International Organization for Standardization (fees apply)
  • National Standard for Commercial Vessels (NSCV) — National Marine Safety Committee
  • National Standard for the Australian Builders Plate for Recreational Boats (ABP Standard) — National Marine Safety Committee
• Conventions
  • www.imo.org*International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships 1973 (MARPOL)
    International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (and its Protocols of 1978) (SOLAS)
    International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREG)
    — International Maritime Organization (IMO) (fees apply)
• Codes
  • www.imo.org*Code of Safe Practice for Solid Bulk Cargoes (BC Code)
    International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code (IMDG Code)
    — International Maritime Organization (IMO (fees apply)
  • www.nmsc.gov.au*Uniform Shipping Laws Code (USL Code)
    — National Marine Safety Committee
• Guides
  • www.witherbyseamanship.com*International Safety Guide For Oil Tankers and Terminals (ISGOTT)
    Ship to Ship Transfer Guide (Liquefied Gases)
    Ship to Ship Transfer Guide (Petroleum)
    — Witherby Seamanship International (fees apply)
  • www.marisec.org*Tanker Safety Guide (Chemicals)
    Tanker Safety Guide (Liquefied Gas)
    — International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) (fees apply)
• Legislation
  • www.comlaw.gov.auFisheries Management Act 1991 (Commonwealth)
    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Act 1975 (Commonwealth)
    Navigation Act 1912 (Commonwealth)
    Shipping Registration Act 1981 (Commonwealth)
    Torres Strait Fisheries Act 1984 (Commonwealth)
    — Commonwealth of Australia Law
  • www.legislation.qld.gov.auDisaster Management Act 2003 (Queensland)
    Education (General Provisions) Act 2006 (Queensland)
    Fisheries Act 1994 (Queensland)
    Integrated Planning Act 1997 (Queensland)
    — Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel

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