Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Transport Act 1983 - SECT 82B

What is a marine safety matter?

82B. What is a marine safety matter?

A marine safety matter is-

   (a)  an incident involving a vessel that resulted in, or that had the
        potential to result in, the death of, or injury to, any person, or in
        damage to, or the loss of, the vessel or any other vessel, or to any
        other property or equipment, and includes, for example-

   (i)  any accident involving a vessel;

   (ii) any incident involving a vessel in which there is evidence of
        systematic safety deficiencies;

   (b)  the occurrence of any event that provides reasonable grounds for the
        belief-

   (i)  that any pilot, pilot exempt master, harbour master, pilotage services
        provider or person holding a certificate of competency or service
        under the Marine Act 1988 has acted incompetently in the course of his
        or her duties or in breach of that Act or the regulations made under
        that Act; or

   (ii) that the holder of any harbour master licence has breached the
        conditions of that licence; or

   (iii) that any pilot, pilot exempt master or pilotage services provider,
        who is registered under the Marine Act 1988 to act as a pilot, pilot
        exempt master or pilotage services provider (as the case requires),
        has breached the conditions of that registration;

   (c)  any other incident or any state of affairs involving, or in relation
        to, a vessel that is specified by the regulations for the purposes of
        this section.