Navigation Act 2012 (No. 128).

The objects of this Act, consisting of nine Chapters, are: (a) to promote the safety of life at sea; (b) to promote safe navigation; (c) to prevent pollution of the marine environment; (d) to ensure that AMSA has the necessary power to carry out inspections of vessels and enforce national and international standards. This Act is about maritime safety, seafarers and the prevention of pollution of the marine environment. It provides for matters relating to the following: Preliminary (Chapter 1); Seafarers (Chapter 2); Safety of regulated Australian vessels and foreign vessels (Chapter 3); Prevention of pollution (Chapter 4); Tonnage (Chapter 5); Safety of navigation (Chapter 6); Wrecks and salvage (Chapter 7); Enforcement (Chapter 8); (h) Other general matters that relate to this sector (Chapter 9).