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

Statutory Rules

1975 No. 6

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1973.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1973.

Dated this sixteenth day of January, 1975.

JOHN R. KERR

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. K. JONES

Minister of State for Transport.

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Amendments of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations 

Examination or witnesses.

1. After regulation 7 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:—

“ 7a. Any counsel appointed to assist the Court, and any party, may examine, cross-examine and re-examine any witness on any matter that the Court deems relevant to the inquiry.”.

Repeal of regulation 11.

2. Regulation 11 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is repealed.

Order in which parties to be heard.

3. Regulation 12 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulations (1), (2) and (3).

Parties may address the Court.

4. Regulation 13 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

“ 13. When the whole of the evidence has been concluded the parties, and any counsel appointed to assist the Court, may address the Court upon the evidence in such order as the Courts directs.”.

 

* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 17 January 1975.

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