Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) - Australian Maritime ...

Division 6Certificates of test and the register of material handling equipmentSection 31or replacement of material handling equipment to which this Order applies mustrecord particulars of the work in the applicable register of material handlingequipment.Penalty: 50 penalty units.30.3A An offence against subsection 30.1, 30.2 or 30.3 is a strict liability offence.30.3B A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection 30.1,30.2 or 30.3.Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.30.4 A register of material handling equipment may be kept in any convenient formsubject to the following conditions:(a) the register must contain the information required by this order;(b) each entry must be clearly legible;(c) each entry must be authenticated by the competent or responsible personsupervising or carrying out the work mentioned in subsection 30.3.Note A form of register is available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.31 Certificate requirements31.1 A certificate of test of material handling equipment manufactured in Australiamust be in the form specified for the equipment in Schedule 11.Note Forms of certificate are available on the AMSA website at http://www.amsa.gov.au.31.2 A certificate of test for material handling equipment manufactured in a countryother than Australia and tested or thoroughly examined in a country other thanAustralia by a competent person, will be acceptable as a certificate of test forthis Order if the certificate contains information substantially equivalent to thatrequired by the forms mentioned in Schedule 11.31.3 If an original certificate is not available, a certified copy is acceptable forsubsections 31.1 and 31.2.31.4 A requirement of subsection 31.1 or 31.2 to provide a certificate of test for wirerope or chain, if that equipment is a portion only of a greater manufacturedlength, may be met by producing a certified copy of the certificate issued by, orfor, the manufacturer of the greater length of wire, rope of chain.32 Availability of certificates and register32.1 All certificates of test and inspection, that are:(a) current for equipment to which this Order applies; and(b) required by this Order to be kept, made available or given to a dutyinspector;must be kept with, or near at hand to, the register of material handlingequipment.32.2 The master of a vessel must make the register of material handling equipmentand the certificates for equipment on board the vessel readily available forinspection by an inspector on request.Penalty: 50 penalty units.32.3 The owner of shore equipment being used for loading or unloading a ship mustmake the register of material handling equipment and any certificates issued by18 Marine Order 32 (Cargo handling equipment) 2011MO32 modcomp-130604Z.docx