Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 128

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 (COURTS OF MARINE INQUIRY) REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) before the definition of “ certificate ” 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;”:

and

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

Service of documents on, and action by, authorized officer

2. Regulation 51 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting “ Regional Controller ” and substituting “ authorized officer ”; and

(b) by inserting “ or Territory ” after “ State ”.

 

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

  Statutory Rules 1943, No. 53 as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 1; 1963, No. 97; 1973, No. 69; 1974, No. 13; 1975, No. 6; and 1976, No. 243.

Savings

3.