Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1990 No. 141

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Navigation (Master and Seamen)

Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 23 January 1990.

BILL HAYDEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

BOB BROWN

Minister of State for Land Transport

and Shipping Support

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Certificate of service as a seaman

1. Regulation 26 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

"26. (1) A person who has served at sea may apply to a Superintendent for the issue of a certificate in accordance with Form 14 in relation to that service.

"(2) The fee in respect of the issue of a certificate is:

(a) if one or 2 agreements are referred to in the certificate—$15 in respect of each agreement; or

(b) if more than 2 agreements are referred to in the certificate:

(i) where the certificate relates to service during a calendar period of less than 5 years—$35; or

(ii) where the certificate relates to service during a calendar period or calendar periods of 5 years or more—$35 for each such period of 5 years to which the certificate relates and $35 for each additional part of such a period.

"(3) Where:

(a) application has been made to the Superintendent in accordance with this regulation; and

(b) the fee specified in subregulation (2) has been paid;

a person authorised by the Minister for the purposes of this regulation is to issue the certificate.".

Amendment of heading

2. The Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations are further amended as set out in the Schedule.

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SCHEDULE Regulation 2

AMENDMENT OF HEADING

Regulation 8A:

Omit from the heading "Maximum", substitute "Minimum".

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 January 1990.

2. Statutory Rules 1963 No. 102 as amended by 1964 No. 8; 1965 No. 111; 1967 No. 90; 1968 No. 117; 1974 No. 83; 1975 Nos. 111 and 114; 1976 No. 282; 1977 Nos. 228 and 271; 1979 No. 197; 1981 Nos. 291 and 397; 1982 Nos. 7, 8, 20 and 396; 1984 No. 357; 1985 No. 257; 1986 No. 225; 1988 No. 154.