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Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) is responsible, on behalf of the Commonwealth Government of Australia, for the regulation and safety oversight of Australia's shipping fleet and management of Australia's international maritime obligations.〔 AMSA is funded largely through levies on the shipping industry. The authority has a jurisdiction over Australia's exclusive economic zone which covers an area of .〔 It was established in 1990, under the Australian Maritime Safety Act 1990. The authority belongs to the Department of Infrastructure and Transport.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Australian Maritime Safety Authority ) 〕 Directors are appointed by the minister.〔 Other international treaties which AMSA administers include the ''Navigation Act 2012'' and the ''Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983''. In the 2010-2011 financial year, AMSA recorded expenses of just over $146 million, with revenue at just under $159 million, creating a surplus of more than $10 million.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Annual Report 2010-11 )〕 ==Functions== Marine safety activities by AMSA: # the provision, operation and maintenance of a network of marine aids to navigation, for example, lighthouses; # ensuring the seaworthiness and safe operation of Australian and foreign vessels in Australian waters, including the enforcement of compulsory pilotage;〔 # administering the certification of seafarers; # the provision of a |maritime distress and safety communications network; # the operation of Australia's Rescue Coordination Centre and coordination of search and rescue (SAR) operations for civilian aircraft and vessels in distress; and # the development of a maritime safety commercial vessel legislative framework and operating system. AMSA aims to protect the marine environment by administering programs to prevent and respond to the threat of ship-sourced marine pollution; and together with the Australian Marine Oil Spill Centre, managing Australia's National Plan to combat pollution of the sea by oil and other noxious and hazardous substances. It is responsible for administering MARPOL 73/78,〔 an international marine environmental convention designed to minimize pollution of the seas. AMSA can instigate prosecutions itself, but mainly works with states and territories during investigations and enforcement activities such as vessel inspections.〔 A recent major AMSA project involved the rewrite of the Navigation Act 1912, the agency's governing statute. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Australian Maritime Safety Authority」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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