Navigation (Marine Council) Regulations 1919 (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1945. No. 62.

 

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1942.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1942.

 

Dated this twenty-sixth day of April, 1945.

HENRY

Governor-General.

By His Royal Highness’s Command,

W. P. ASHLEY

Minister of State for Supply and Shipping.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (Marine Council) Regulations.

Definitions.

1. Regulation 2 of the Navigation (Marine Council) Regulations is amended by omitting the definition of “Minister”.

Constitution of Marine Council.

2. Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Marine Council) Regulations is amended by adding at the end thereof, the following sub-regulations:—

“(5.) The Minister may, in respect of each member of the Council (other than the Director), appoint a person representative of the same interests as the member to be the deputy of that member.

“(6.) Any person so appointed shall, in the event of the illness or absence of the member of whom he is the deputy, have, and may exercise, all the powers and functions of that member.

“(7.) Any acts done by a deputy as such shall not, in any proceedings, be questioned on the ground that the occasion for the exercise of his powers had not arisen or had ceased.”.

3. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Marine Council) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation inserted in its stead:—

Term of office.

“4. Members of the Marine Council shall hold office during the pleasure of the Minister.”.

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 3rd May, 1945.

  Statutory Rules 1919, No. 294, as amended by Statutory Rules 1921, No. 208; and 1922, No. 39.

 

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

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