Control of Naval Waters Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1969 No.

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE CONTROL OF NAVAL WATERS ACT 1918-1966.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Control of Naval Waters Act 1918-1966.

Dated this thirty-first day of October, 1969.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. R. KELLY

Minister of State for the Navy.

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Amendments of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations

Definitions.

1. Regulation 2 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “Naval Establishment” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“‘installation’ means a naval establishment, dock, dockyard, victualling yard, arsenal, wharf or mooring, owned or used by the Commonwealth in, on or adjoining defined naval waters;”.

2. Regulation 5 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Application.

“5. These Regulations apply to and in relation to defined naval waters.”.

Vessels not to Impede approaches.

3. Regulation 6 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is amended by omitting the words “to impede the approach to any Commonwealth Naval Establishment” and inserting in their stead the words “in such a. position that it impedes the approach to any installation”.

Vessels not to loiter near installations, &c.

4. Regulation 11 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is amended by omitting the words “a Commonwealth Naval Establishment” and inserting in their stead the words “an installation, vessel or naval ship”.

Vessels not to approach installations, &c.

5. Regulation 12 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “Commonwealth Naval Establishment” and inserting in their stead the words “installation, vessel or naval ship”; and

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 6 November 1969.

  Statutory Rules 1922, No. 74, as amended by Statutory Rules 1927, No. 147; 1931, No. 7; 1935, No. 92; 1937, No. 12; 1938, No. 43; 1941, No. 145; 1943, No. 71, 216 and 310; 1947, Nos. 45 and 117; 1948, No. 148; 1953, No. 60; 1955, No. 22; and 1959, No. 32.

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(b) by omitting the words “establishment on duty” and inserting in their stead the words “installation, vessel or naval ship on duty”.

Penalties.

6. Regulation 36 of the Control of Naval Waters Regulations is amended by omitting the words—

“Penalty: £100, or imprisonment for six months.”

and inserting in their stead the words—

“Penalty: Two hundred dollars or imprisonment for six months.”.

The schedules.

7. The First and Second Schedules to the Control of Naval Waters Regulations are repealed.

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