Navigation (Health) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1932. No. 70.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1926.

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 1912-1926, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this thirteenth day of July, 1932.

ISAAC A. ISAACS

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. A. S. HAWKER

Minister of State for Commerce.

 

Amendment of Navigation (Health) Regulations.

(Statutory Rules 1923, No. 6, as amended by Statutory Rules 1929, No. 99.)

The Navigation (Health) Regulations are amended by omitting regulations 2 and 3 and inserting in their stead the following regulations:—

Medical examination of seamen—Fees

s. 123.

“2.—(1.) Subject to these Regulations, the fee to be paid by an applicant for the medical examination of seamen or apprentice shall be—

(a) (i) at a port at which, a Medical Inspector of Seamen in the Public Service of the Commonwealth is stationed, and where the place at which the examination is to be made is within a radius of 2 miles from the chief Post Office at the port—for each seaman or apprentice examined, Five shillings.

(ii) at a port at which a Medical Inspector of Seamen in the Public Service of the Commonwealth is not stationed, and where the place at which the examination is to be made is within a radius of 2 miles from the chief Post Office at the port—for each seaman or apprentice examined, Ten shillings.

(b) where in any case the place at which an examination is to be made is outside a radius of 2 miles from the chief Post Office at the port—an additional charge of Two shillings for each mile or portion of a mile that the place of examination is beyond that radius.

1584.—Price 3d

 

(2.) Where the services of a Medical Inspector of Seamen are required outside ordinary official hours, or on any Sunday or holiday, the applicant therefore shall pay, in addition to the fee prescribed in the preceding sub regulation, an overtime charge as follows:—

£	s.	d.
On any Customs working day, before 10 a.m. or after 4 p.m..................................	0	10	6
On any Sunday or holiday...................................................................................	1	1	0

3. The Minister may authorize remission of the fees specified in these Regulations where, in his opinion, special circumstances warrant the remission”.

 

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