On-Board Safety Management and Safety Equipment Standards are Not Grandfathered Under grandfathering status a vessel must continue to comply with the construction and stability standards that applied to the vessel when it was last surveyed prior to 1 July 2013. Under the new National marine safety arrangements grandfathering was introduced to save existing vessel operators from having to invest immediately in the cost to bring their vessels into line with new vessel construction/stability standards and safety and equipment requirements under the new rules. This might mean grandfathering lease agreements for a building over a period of time to let them run the course of the business arrangement before requiring the owner to take up the new rules for the next lease. ‘ Grandfathering’ is not a new concept and is used in general day-to-day activities to assist the transition from an old to a new way of doing things. The rules about grandfathering can be found in Marine Order 503 can be found at: This was labeled as ‘grandfathering’ arrangements. See, for example, section 8 of Marine Order 503 which recognises the standards to which that the vessel was constructed. This approach would streamline the myriad differing rules and allow seamless recognition of vessel operations and crew certifications across state boundaries.įollowing extensive consultations with industry between 2010 – 2012 the national system commenced under the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act (2012) on 1 st July 2013.Īs part of the transition to the new National marine safety management system all governments’ agreed to allow existing vessels in operation as at 1 st July 2013 to continue operating under the design, construction and survey requirements that existed before the new introduction of the new National System. Part of the agreement was that State marine authorities would continue to manage and deliver services under a single set of legislation directed by AMSA. In 2009 the Commonwealth and State governments agreed to appoint the Australian Marine Safety Authority (AMSA) as the national regulator for marine safety.
This was obviously focused on rail, road and air but in the broadbrush of the transport portfolio, it also included marine safety.
The ALP (Rudd) government introduced in 2008 a range of policy initiatives to streamline major government transport management and infrastructure arrangements across Australia to reduce red tape, reduce cost and maintain services. What Does ‘Grandfathering’ of a Fishing Vessel Mean to Me?
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