annual survey. Self-declarations have agency The proposal has been amended to include been proven to not be an effective the option of moving vessels into an annual method of maintaining the safety of a survey schedule where they perform poorly vessel. during surveys or other compliance monitoring activities. This will be achieved through the survey mobility policy. Self-inspection (self-declaration) and Vessel Proposal amended. SMS review requirements should not operator Under the proposal, the self-declaration replace a visual inspection by an requirements are new and additional experienced qualified surveyor. requirements, and do not replace surveys except in one instance. For high survey frequency vessels, an SMS assessment combined with a self-declaration of compliance replaces one periodic survey in the five year survey schedule. For these vessels, a periodic survey is required the year prior to and the year after the self-declaration. Once the proposed new survey regime has been implemented, the standard of these vessels at the 5th year (renewal) survey will be monitored to determine whether or not the replacement of the 4th year survey is having an impact on compliance outcomes. In addition, the proposal has been amended to include the option of moving vessels into an annual survey schedule where they perform poorly during surveys or other compliance monitoring activities. This will be achieved through the survey mobility policy. Will there be guidelines to assist with Vessel No changes made to the proposal. the owner self-declaration operator Guidelines will be developed to support the requirement? self-declaration requirements. What does self-declaration entail and Vessel No changes made to the proposal. how will it be audited? operator and Guidelines will be developed to support the marine safety self-declaration requirements. agency Self-declarations will be monitored as part of compliance monitoring activities by Marine Safety Inspectors. They would also form part of the SMS assessment included in the proposed new survey schedule. In the future, self-declarations may move to an online portal, which would allow the national regulator to be notified if one was not completed. The five year gap between in-water Marine safety No changes made to the proposal. surveys for medium survey frequency agency What aspects of the vessel must be reviewed vessels is too long. Consideration during a renewal survey will be considered as should be given to an part of the development of the Surveyor renewal survey for these
annual survey. Self-declarations have been proven to not be an effective method of maintaining the safety of a vessel. agency The proposal has been amended to include the option of moving vessels into an annual survey schedule where they perform poorly during surveys or other compliance monitoring activities. This will be achieved through the survey mobility policy. Self-inspection (self-declaration) and SMS review requirements should not replace a visual inspection by an experienced qualified surveyor. Vessel operator Proposal amended. Under the proposal, the self-declaration requirements are new and additional requirements, and do not replace surveys except in one instance. For high survey frequency vessels, an SMS assessment combined with a self-declaration of compliance replaces one periodic survey in the five year survey schedule. For these vessels, a periodic survey is required the year prior to and the year after the self-declaration. Once the proposed new survey regime has been implemented, the standard of these vessels at the 5th year (renewal) survey will be monitored to determine whether or not the replacement of the 4th year survey is having an impact on compliance outcomes. In addition, the proposal has been amended to include the option of moving vessels into an annual survey schedule where they perform poorly during surveys or other compliance monitoring activities. This will be achieved through the survey mobility policy. Will there be guidelines to assist with the owner self-declaration requirement? Vessel operator No changes made to the proposal. Guidelines will be developed to support the self-declaration requirements. What does self-declaration entail and how will it be audited? Vessel operator and marine safety agency No changes made to the proposal. Guidelines will be developed to support the self-declaration requirements. Self-declarations will be monitored as part of compliance monitoring activities by Marine Safety Inspectors. They would also form part of the SMS assessment included in the proposed new survey schedule. In the future, self-declarations may move to an online portal, which would allow the national regulator to be notified if one was not completed. The five year gap between in-water surveys for medium survey frequency vessels is too long. Consideration should be given to an renewal survey for these Marine safety agency No changes made to the proposal. What aspects of the vessel must be reviewed during a renewal survey will be considered as part of the development of the Surveyor
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