Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Prevention) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 125

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated this seventh day of July 1978.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

PETER NIXON

Minister of State for Transport

 

AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (CARGO—HAZARDS PREVENTION) REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) after the definition of “ approved chemist ” the following definition:

“ ‘ authorized officer ’, in relation to a State or Territory, means a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an office in the Department of Transport that is specified in relation to that State or Territory for the purposes of this definition by the Minister by instrument in writing;”;

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) die definition of “ prescribed authority ” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘ prescribed authority ’ means—

(a) in relation to the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide,

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 July 1978.

  Statutory Rules 1968, No. 23 as amended by Statutory Rules 1973, No. 122; 1975, No. 107; 1976, No. 273; and 1977, No. 261.

 

Fremantle or Hobart—the authorized officer for the State in which the port is situated; and

(b) in relation to any other port in a State or Territory—the authorized officer for the State or Territory or the person appointed by that authorized officer by instrument in writing to represent him at the port;”; and

(c) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “ Regional Controller ”.

Second Schedule

2. The Second Schedule to the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations is amended by omitting “ Regional Controller ” and substituting “ prescribed authority ”.

Savings

3. Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or efficacy of an application, approval or exemption, or a direction, notice, report or requirement, given, granted, made, issued or extended under the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations and, for the purposes of the application of the Navigation (Cargo—Hazards Prevention) Regulations