---
title: "Working paper after a port State control detention"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/port-state-detention-response"
type: "precedent"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "a37-port-state-detention-response"
area_id: "A37"
kind: "checklist"
ai_level: "red"
version: 1
task_ids: ["A37-T1-R7"]
law_stated_as_at: "2026-10-22"
---

# Working paper after a port State control detention

> A table for a port State control detention. The only AMSA page opened says a ship may be inspected and, if deficiencies are found, may be detained until the issue is resolved. The response is not written here.

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/port-state-detention-response  
Law stated as at: 2026-10-22

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

## Key facts

- Kind: Checklist. Steps or checks to work through and tick off.
- Practice area: [Maritime, Shipping & Transport](https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport.md)
- Jurisdictions: Commonwealth
- AI level: Red. You write the text. The tool writes nothing into the document. Where permitted, it may check, clarify or collect data, and anything it checks or collects is verified.
- Law stated as at: 2026-10-22
- Status: Maintained. Checked on 2026-10-22 against the authority it cites, for Commonwealth.

## When to use it

Use when AMSA has detained a ship in an Australian port and the master needs a place to set out the deficiencies in the surveyor's words. Do not send this paper to AMSA. The deficiency-code page and the detention-release pages were not opened.

## Used for these tasks

- [Draft a port-state detention response and rectification plan](https://ailawframework.com/practice/maritime-shipping-and-transport/draft-a-port-state-detention-response-and-rectification-plan.md)

## How AI may be used

AI may copy each deficiency in the words of the notice the principal supplies. The principal writes every sentence that will be sent.

**AI may:**

- Copy the deficiency wording from the notice into the table, without adding to it
- Insert the vessel name and the port from the notice

**AI must not:**

- Must not draft the response that is sent to AMSA
- Must not invent a deficiency code or explain one
- Must not say that the ship will be released

**The lawyer checks:**

- Each deficiency in the table is the wording on the notice, not a paraphrase
- No code is translated, because the deficiency-code page was not opened
- The message to AMSA is written by the master or the principal and is not this paper

## Authorities

- [Australian Maritime Safety Authority, Port State control (a ship in an Australian port may be inspected and, if deficiencies are found, may be detained until the issue is resolved)](https://www.amsa.gov.au/vessels-operators/port-state-control)

## Full text and drafting notes

The full text and the drafting notes are not part of this public page. Signed-in firm accounts can read them at https://ailawframework.com/precedents/maritime-shipping-and-transport/port-state-detention-response and through the signed-in MCP connector https://ailawframework.com/mcp/firm.

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*