Circular 14/04: Annual General Meeting
01/10/2004
From 1st July 2003, the Australian Immigration Authorities have enacted legislation that requires all personnel onboard non-military ships to have their civil passports. This legislation though it came in force in the year 2003 was not being enforced till 1st July 2004. The penalties stipulated are A$5,000 per crew member without the appropriate documentation. An extract of the DIMIA requirements is as follows:
Once a stowaway is found on board any ship the Club recommends that the Member reports the discovery to the Club as soon as possible. This will allow a plan of action to be agreed and a local P&I correspondent to be appointed to assist as appropriate.
Further to LP Bulletin 372 which advised that as of 13th August 2004 the USCG had began enforcing the US ballast water management regulations, we have been advised further that effective from the 27th September 2004 the USCG will require mandatory ballast water management practices for all ships equipped with ballast water tanks bound for ports, or places, within the US or entering US waters.
We have been advised that from 1st July 2004 the transitional period of the requirement for all crew of non-military ships entering Australian waters to carry a passport and identity document for presentation at immigration clearance ends.
TB13 - GMDSS VHF units
11/07/2004