Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3791
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Navigation
(Orders) 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 21
December 1981.
ZELMAN
COWEN
Governor-General
By
His Excellency’s Command,
RALPH
J. HUNT
Minister of State for
Transport
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Offences
1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Orders)
Regulations is amended by omitting all the words after “punishable” and
substituting “, upon conviction—
- (a)
if the offender is a natural person—by a
fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for a period of 12 months, or both; or
- (b)
if the offender is a body corporate—by a
fine of $5,000.”.
2. The Navigation (Orders) Regulations are
amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:
Minister
may grant exemptions
“5.Where, by virtue of section 49A of the Acts
Interpretation Act 1901, orders made in pursuance of these Regulations
apply, adopt or incorporate all or any of the provisions of the code known as
the Uniform Shipping Laws Code adopted for the time being by the conference of
Commonwealth, State and Northern Territory Ministers known as the Marine and
Ports Council of Australia, the Minister may, by instrument in writing, exempt,
conditionally or unconditionally, ships or classes of ships from the
application of any or all of those provisions.”.
NOTES
1. Notified
in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1981.
2. Statutory
Rules 1980 No. 135 as amended by 1980 No. 345; 1981 No. 3.