Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1978 No. 135

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 (PIG IRON, COAL AND BALLAST) REGULATIONS 

Parts

1. Regulation 2 of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations is repealed.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations is amended—

(a) by inserting before the definition of “ ballast ” the following definition:

“ ‘ authorized officer ’, in relation to a State or Territory, means a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an office in the Department of Transport that is specified in relation to that State or Territory for the purposes of this definition by the Minister by instrument in writing:”;

and

(b) by omitting the definition of “ Regional Controller ”.

 

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

  Statutory Rules 1959, No. 56 as amended by Statutory Rules 1963, No. 97; 1976, No. 283; and 1977, No. 272.

Exemptions

3. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ a Regional Controller ” and substituting “ an authorized officer ”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) “ the Regional Controller ” and substituting “ the authorized officer ”.

Prescribed authority

4. Regulation 7 of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) “ Regional Controller ” and substituting “ authorized officer ”.

Notice of intention to load

5. Regulation 8 of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (5) “ Regional Controller’s ” (wherever occurring) and substituting “ authorized officer’s ”; and

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (6) “ Regional Controller’s ” and substituting “ authorized officer’s ”.

Savings

6. Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or efficacy of an exemption granted, or a notice given, under the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations and, for the purposes of the application to such an exemption, or such a notice, of the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations