Navigation (Radio) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules

1973 No. 121

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1972.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1972.

Dated this twenty-first day of June, 1973.

PAUL HASLUCK

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

C. K. JONES

Minister of State for Transport.

 

Amendments of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations 

Interpretation.

1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “Class V. ship” and substituting the following definition:—

“‘Class V. ship’ means a cargo ship of less than three hundred tons;”; and

(b) by omitting from the definition of “Regional Controller” in that sub-regulation the words “Shipping and”.

Documents to be carried on board radiotelegraph ships on voyages other than international voyages.

2. Regulation 24 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (b) and substituting the following sub-paragraph:—

“(i) Alphabetical List of Call Signs of Stations used by the Maritime Mobile Service;”.

3. Regulation 50 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:—

Auto-alarm wholly or partly installed before 20 March, 1968.

“50. (1) Regulation 9 of these Regulations does not apply to—

(a) an auto-alarm that—

(i) was, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, part of an installation in a ship that was an existing installation for the purposes of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations as in force at that time; and

(ii) complies with the requirements of regulation 53 as in force at that time; or

 

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on 28 June 1973.

  Statutory Rules 1968, No. 39, as amended by Statutory Rules 1972, No. 117.

 

(b) an auto-alarm that—

(i) is part of an installation in a ship that is an existing installation for the purpose of these Regulations but was not part of an installation referred to in sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (a); and

(ii) complies with the requirements of the Fifth Schedule to the Navigation (Radio) Regulations as in force immediately before the commencement of these Regulations or of the Fifth Schedule to these Regulations,

and the ship shall, for the purpose of regulations 25 and 26, be deemed to be equipped with an auto-alarm.

“(2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply in relation to a ship that is engaged on an international voyage.”.

Existing installation on a radio-telephone ship.

4. Regulation 54 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations is amended—

(a) by adding at the end of sub-regulation (1) the words “and is capable of reception by means of high stability spot tuned circuits on frequencies of 2,182 kilocycles per second and 6,204 kilocycles per second”; and

(b) by adding at the end thereof the following sub-regulation:—

“(5) Where a ship is equipped with a radiotelephony installation—

(a) that was wholly installed in the ship after the commencement of these Regulations but before 20th December, 1968; or

(b) that, except for this sub-regulation, would not be an existing installation for the purpose of this regulation but is an installation part of which was installed in the ship before 20th December, 1968, and the remainder of which consists either of—

(i) parts installed in replacement of identical parts; or

(ii) parts which comply with the requirements of these Regulations,

the ship shall, for the purpose of this regulation, be deemed to be equipped with a radiotelephony installation that is an existing installation for the purpose of this regulation.”.

Second Schedule.

5. The Second Schedule to the Navigation (Radio) Regulations is amended by omitting from the heading immediately preceding item 69 the word “Division” and substituting the word “Distortion”.

Fourth Schedule.

6.