Lighthouses (General) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1937. No. 83.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE LIGHTHOUSES ACT 1911-1919.*

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 1911-1919.*

Dated this

day of , 1937.

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

(Signed) THOS.C.BRENNAN.

for Minister of State for Commerce.

 

Amendments of the Lighthouses (General) Regulations.

Lighthouse Advisory Committee.

1. Regulation 2 of the Lighthouses (General) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulation (1.) and inserting in its stead the following sub-regulation:—

“(1.) The Minister may appoint a Lighthouse Advisory Committee (in these Regulations referred to as “the Committee”) consisting of—

(a) such officers of the Department of Commerce and of the Department of the Interior as he specifies;

(b) an officer of the Royal Australian Navy with hydrographic qualifications;

(c) representatives of the coasting shipping of the Commonwealth (one of whom shall have had experience as a Shipmaster on the Australian coast);

(d) representatives of overseas British shipping (one of whom shall have had experience as a Shipmaster); and

(e) a representative of certificated navigating officers and seamen.”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Commonwealth Marine Branch” and inserting in their stead the words “Department of Commerce ”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (3.) the words “Marine Branch” and inserting in their stead the words “Department of Commerce”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1937.

 Statutory Rules 1930, No, 128.

4014.—8/27.7.1937 —Price 3d.

 

2. After regulation 6 of the Lighthouses (General) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

Fees and allowances to members of Committee.

“7. Members of the Committee (other than officers of the Commonwealth Public Service) may be paid fees and travelling allowances as follows:—

Fees.—Per day of sitting—One guinea.

Allowances.—To a member resident in a State or Territory other than that in which the Committee meets—

(а)first class rail fare from the capital city of the State or Territory in which the member resides to the place of sitting, and return; and

(b) travelling allowance at the rate of One guinea per day, inclusive of all incidentals when travelling, such as meals, taxi fares, porterage, &c.”.

 

By Authority: L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.