Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES

1971 No.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIGHTHOUSES ACT 1911-1970.*

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 Lighthouses Act 1911-1970.

Dated this twenty-eighth day of January, 1971.

Paul Hasluck

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(SGD.) IAN SINCLAIR

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

 

Amendments of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations

Lighthouse Advisory Committee.

1. Regulation 5 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (2.) the words “aids to navigation” and inserting in their stead the words “marine navigational aids”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “aids to navigation” and inserting in their stead the words “marine navigational aids”.

Functions of Committee.

2. Regulation 10 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting the words “lights, marine marks and other aids to navigation” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “marine navigational aids”.

Fees, travelling allowance and fares.

3. Regulation 11 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “Twenty-five dollars” and inserting in their stead the words “Thirty-five dollars”.

Definitions.

4. Regulation 13 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from the definition of “home port” the words “the Collector” and inserting in their stead the words “a Collector”; and

(b) by omitting from the definition of “sea-going ship” the words “lighthouse or marine mark” and inserting in their stead the words “marine navigational aid”.

Light dues—when a and to whom payable.

5. Regulation 16 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the Collector” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “a Collector”.

Refund of light dues.

6. Regulation 17 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1a.) the words “the Collector” and inserting in their stead the words “a Collector”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 1971

  Statutory Rules 1952, No. 79; as amended by Statutory Rules 1956, No. 64; 1957, No. 59; 1962, No. 87; 1963, No. 99; 1965, No. 127; 1967, No. 132; 1968, No. 109; 1969, No. 108; and 1970, No. 138.

25963/70—Price 5c 10/23.12.1970

Remission of light dues.

7. Regulation 18 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting the words “the Collector” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “a Collector”.

Vessels exempted.

8. Regulation 20 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (ca) and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“(ca) a ship used in searching for or taking sedentary organisms within the meaning of the Continental Shelf (Living Natural Resources) Act 1968;”.

Prescribed officers.

9. Regulation 21 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations is amended by omitting paragraphs (c) and (d) and inserting in their stead the following paragraphs:—

“(c) the Regional Controller for the State of Queensland is the prescribed officer in relation to damage occurring in the Territory of Papua, in the Territory of New Guinea or in the Coral Sea Islands Territory; and

(d) the Regional Controller for the State of Western Australia is the prescribed officer in relation to damage occurring in the Northern Territory of Australia or in the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands.”.

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