Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 134

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 (MUSTERS AND DRILLS) REGULATIONS 

Interpretation

1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) before the definition of “ certificated lifeboatman ” 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 ”.

Allotting of crew to lifeboats and liferafts

2.Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ a Regional Controller ” and substituting “ an authorized officer ”;

 

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

  Statutory Rules 1968, No. 37 as amended by Statutory Rules 1971, No. 152.

(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ the Regional Controller ” and substituting “ the authorized officer ”; and

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (4).

Savings

3.