MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 106 Language of procedures and arrangements manual
MARINE POLLUTION ACT 2012 - SECT 106
Language of procedures and arrangements manual106 Language of procedures and arrangements manual
(1) The procedures and arrangements manual for an Australian ship must be written in the English language.
(2) The procedures and arrangements manual for a foreign ship must be written in the official language of the country whose flag the ship is entitled to fly, or in one of the official languages of that country.
(3) However, if that official language is not English, French or Spanish, the procedures and arrangements manual must also be translated into English, French or Spanish.
Editor's note : See Reg 14.1 of Annex II of MARPOL.