Statutory
Rules
1977
No. 271
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 twentieth day of December 1977.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command,
PETER NIXON
Minister of State for
Transport
AMENDMENTS OF THE
NAVIGATION (MASTER AND
SEAMEN) REGULATIONS
Commencement
1. These Regulations
shall come into operation on 1 January 1978.
Permit to sign articles
2. Regulation 6 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting from
sub-regulation (2) “ $1 ” and substituting “ $2 ”.
Fees, engagement and discharge
3. Regulation 9 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting from
paragraph (a) “ 60 cents ” and substituting “ $1.20 ”.
Objections to fines
4. Regulation 16 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting from
paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (1) “ $9 ” and substituting “ $18 ”.
Certificate of service as a seaman
5. Regulation 26 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting $2 ”
and substituting “ $4 ”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth
of Australia Gazette on 22 December 1977.
Statutory Rules 1963, No. 102 as amended by Statutory Rules 1964,
No. 8; 1965, No, 111; 1967, No. 90; 1968, No. 117; 1974, No. 83; 1975, Nos. 111
and 114; 1976, No. 282; and 1977, No. 228.
Fees
6. Regulation 27 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting sub-regulation (2)
and substituting the following sub-regulation:
“ (2) Where the work is performed
on board ship during ordinary official hours, the charge is in accordance with
the following tables:
(a) Engagement of seamen.
Number engaged at any one period of attendance of
officials
| Fee
|
$
|
Not
exceeding 30 .................................................................................................
| 10
|
Exceeding
30 but not exceeding 60 .......................................................................
| 18
|
Exceeding
60 .......................................................................................................
| 36
|
(b) Discharge of seamen.
Number discharged at any one period of attendance
of officials
| Fee
|
$
|
Not exceeding
30 .................................................................................................
| 10
|
Exceeding 30
but not exceeding 60 .......................................................................
| 18
|
Exceeding 60 .......................................................................................................
| 36 ";
|
(b) by omitting from
sub-regulation (4) “ $13 ” and substituting “ $26 ”;
(c) by omitting from
sub-regulation (5) “ $1.20 ” and substituting “ $2.40 ”; and
(d) by omitting from
sub-regulation (6) “ $2.40 ” and substituting “ $4.80 ”.
Travelling time
7. Regulation 28 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting “ $1.20 ”
and substituting “ $2.40 ”.
Waiting time
8. Regulation 29 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting “ $1.20 ”
and substituting “ $2.40 ”.
Postponement fee
9. Regulation 30 of the
Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting “ $1.20 ”
and substituting “ $2.40 ”.
Cancellation fee
10.