You will be required to comply with this code if you are the operator of a ship that is engaged in trade or commerce:
- between Australia and places outside Australia
- between two places outside Australia
- between the States of Australia
- within a Territory, or between a State and a Territory or between two Territories.
This includes a vessel that is licensed to engage in coastal trade, and certain offshore industry vessels.
The operator of a ship must ensure that no employee or contractor is exposed to an airborne concentration of a hazardous substance in excess of the relevant exposure standard while working on the ship. In particular, before a person enters a confined space, the operator of a ship must ensure that airborne contaminants in the confined space are at a level below the relevant exposure standards. If the airborne contaminants in the confined space cannot be reduced to a level below the relevant exposure standard, the operator of the ship must provide any person entering the confined space with appropriate air respiratory equipment.
