Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 131

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 (LIFE-SAVING APPLIANCES) REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended—

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

“ ‘ authorized officer ’ means a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an office in the Department of Transport that is specified 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 ”.

Special exemption of intrastate ships

2. Regulation 79 of the Navigation (Life-saving Appliances) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (c) “ a Regional Controller ” and substituting “ an authorized officer ”; and

 

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

  Statutory Rules 1968, No. 34 as amended by Statutory Rules 1974, No. 238; 1975, No. 78; and 1978, No. 55.

(b) by omitting “ the Regional Controller ” and substituting “ the authorized officer ”.

Savings

3