Pollution of Waters by Oil Act of 1960 (9 Eliz Ii No. 29) (Qld)

151 C^ueeitslanb ANNO NONO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGIME. No. 29. An Act Relating to the Prevention of the Pollution of the Territorial Waters and Inland Navigable Waters of Queensland by Oil. [A ssented to 12 th D ecember , I960.] B E it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis­ lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows 1. (1.) This Act may bo cited as “ The Pollution Sh°rt tide. of Waters by Oil Act of 1960.” #(2.) This Act shall come into operation on a date Commence, to be fixed by the Governor in Council by Proclamation ment' published in the Gazette . 2. This Act shall be read and construed as being Saving of in addition to and not in derogation of or substitution other laW8‘ for any other Act or law of this State: I' I ; ^Commenced 1 January 1961. (Proe. pubd. Gaz. 24 Dec. 1960, p. 2467.)

152 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, Provided that where any act or omission is an offence both under this Act and under some other Act or law, the offender may be prosecuted and punished under either this Act or such other Act or law, but so that he is not twice punished for the same offence. Interpre­ tation. Board. Discharge. Harbour. Harbour Board. Heavy dies el oil. Intrastate ship. Master. Mixture containing oil. Occupier. 3. (!•) In this Act unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires:— “ Board ”—Means the Marine Board of Queensland under and within the meaning of “ The Queensland Marine Act of 1958 ” ; “ Discharge ”—Means any discharge or escape, howsoever caused or occasioned; “ Harbour ”—Means a harbour or port under and within the meaning of “ The Harbours Acts, 1955 to 1959 ” ; “ Harbour Board ”—Means a Harbour Board under and within the meaning of “ The Harbours Acts, 1955 to 1959,” or in relation to any harbour for which there is no Harbour Board, the Harbours Trust under and within the meaning of “ The Harbours Acts, 1955 to 1959 ” ; “ Heavy diesel oil ”—Means marine diesel oil other than those distillates of which more than fifty per cent, by volume distils at a temperature not exceeding 340° C. when tested by A.S.T.M. (American Society for Testing Materials) Standard Method D 158/54; ** Intrastate ship ”—Means any ship within the jurisdiction except a ship which trades or proceeds to or from a port or ports outside the jurisdiction; “ Master ”—Means the person having the command or charge of any ship ; “ Mixture containing oil ”—Means a mixture of oil with water or any other substance; “ Occupier ”—In relation to a place on land means the person exercising by his servants or agents or otherwise any right of occupation thereof, or if it has no occupier means the

1960. Pollutionof Waters by Oil Act. 153 owner thereof, but in relation to a vehicle means the person in charge thereof or the owner thereof and not the occupier of the land on or over which such vehicle stands or moves; “ Oil ” and “ Oily ”—Means oil of any description, Ojlattd and includes crude oil, fuel oil, heavy diesel oil, y" lubricating oil, and spirit produced from oil of any description: the term also includes coal tar, and “oily ” shall be construed accordingly; “ Oil residues ”—Means any waste material0iI residues, consisting of, or arising from, oil or a mixture containing oil; “ Owner ”—In relation to any place on land which Owner, comprises or is situated on land held from the Crown under lease or license for a lesser estate than freehold, means the person holding such lesser estate ; “ Place on land ”—Includes any structure or Place on apparatus on, and any thing or vehicleland' resting on or moving over, any land, and anything resting on or lying under the bed or shores of any navigable waters, and also includes anything afloat (other than a ship) if it is anchored or attached to the bed or shore of any navigable waters ; “ Ship ”—Means every vessel used in navigation shiP- not ordinarily propelled by oars only ; “ Tanker ”—Means a ship constructed or adapted Tanker, for carrying a cargo of oil in bulk; “ The Convention ”—Means the Convention, a The copy of the English text of which is set outConventloa* in the First Schedule to the Pollution of the Sea by Oil Act I960 of the Commonwealth, and includes that Convention as amended by any amendment accepted by the Common­ wealth ; “ The Jurisdiction ”—Means Queensland, The including the territorial waters of Queensland Jurisdiotion* and the inland navigable waters of the State ; “ Waters ”—Means any waters of the sea or any Waters, inland navigable waters within the jurisdiction.

154 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act . 9 E liz . II. No. 29, (2.) For the purposes of this Act, where any oil or mixture containing oil is discharged from a floating craft (other than a ship) that is attached to a ship, the oil or mixture shall be deemed to have been discharged from that ship. (3.) Any discharge of oil, or of any mixture containing oil, onto or into any lands or waters, or any structure or thing, having the result that the whole or any part of such oil or mixture containing oil eventually enters any waters within the jurisdiction, is for all purposes under this Act a discharge into such waters within the jurisdiction of the said oil or mixture containing oil, or of so much of the same as enters the said waters within the jurisdiction. Discharge of oil or mixture containing oil into waters. 4. (1.) Subject to this Act— (a) if any discharge of oil into any waters occurs from a ship or from any place on land, or from any apparatus used for transferring oil from or to any ship (whether to or from a place on land or to or from another ship); or ( b) if any discharge of a mixture containing oil into any waters occurs from a ship, or from any place on land, or from any apparatus used for transferring any mixture containing oil from or to any ship (whether to or from any place on land or to or from another ship) with the consequence that the oil in the mixture fouls the surface of the waters, then— (i.) if the discharge is from a ship, both the owner and the master of the ship ; or (ii.) if the discharge is from a place on land, the occupier of such place on land ; or (iii.) if the discharge is from apparatus used for transferring oil or a mixture containing oil to or from a ship, the person in charge of the apparatus, shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. Penalty : One thousand pounds.

1960. Pollution ofWaters byOil Act. 155 (2.) It is a defence if a person charged with an offence against this section in relation to a ship proves— (а) that the discharge of oil or mixture containing oil was necessary for the purpose of securing the safety of the ship, or of preventing damage to the ship or cargo or of saving life, and was a reasonable step to take in the circumstances ; (б) that the oil or mixture containing oil escaped in consequence of damage to the ship or unavoidable leakage, and that all reasonable precautions were taken after the occurrence of the damage or discovery of the leakage for the purpose of preventing or reducing the escape of the oil or mixture. It is a defence if a person charged with an offence against this section in relation to any land or apparatus proves that the oil or mixture containing oil escaped in consequence of unavoidable leakage and that all reasonable precautions were taken after the discovery of the leakage for the purpose of preventing or reducing the escape of the oil or mixture. (3.) In any proceedings for an offence against this Presump, section in respect of the discharge of a mixture containingtlons* oil— (а) if it is proved that there were not less than one hundred parts of oil in one million parts of the mixture, it shall be conclusively presumed that the oil in the mixture fouled the surface of the waters ; or (б) if it is proved that there were less than one hundred parts of oil in one million parts of the mixture, it shall be conclusively presumed that the oil in the mixture did not foul the surface of the waters. 5. (1.) Where any discharge of the nature referred Removal of to in section four of this Act has occurred—■ °* 1,0 utum (a) into any waters within the limits of a harbour, the Harbour Board; or (b) into any waters without the limits of any harbour, the Board,

156 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, may take such action as it deems appropriate to remove from the waters affected by such discharge the oil so discharged, or the oil contained in any mixture so discharged, or any substance other than water contained in any such mixture, and may recover all costs and expenses incurred in and about such removal from either the owner or master of the vessel concerned, or from the occupier of the place on land concerned or from the person in charge of the apparatus concerned, as the case may require, and whether or not such owner, master, occupier or person could, if charged with an offence, prove any matter referred to in the last preceding section. (2.) Such costs and expenses may be awarded in the course of proceedings for the recovery of any penalty in respect of the discharge, or may be recovered by separate action in any court of competent jurisdiction, but it shall not be a prerequisite for the bringing of such an action that proceedings have been undertaken for the recovery of a penalty. (3.) Nothing in this Act shall affect or qualify any rights of the Board or of any Harbour Board or other person to recover damages at common law in respect of the consequences of any discharge of oil or of a mixture containing oil. Equipment 6. (1*) For the purpose of preventing the discharge of oil and mixtures containing oil into any waters within pollution, the jurisdiction, every intrastate ship shall be fitted with such equipment and shall comply with such requirements as may be prescribed by regulation. (2.) Without prejudice to the generality of the preceding subsection, where any regulations require ships to be fitted with equipment of a prescribed description the regulations may provide— (a) for inspection of ships to which the regulations apply by persons appointed by the Board for that purpose; (b) that equipment of the prescribed description shall not be installed in a ship to which the regulations apply unless it is of a type tested and approved by a person appointed by the Board for that purpose;

1960. Pollution of WatersbyOil Act. (c) that equipment so tested and approved, while installed in such a ship, shall not he treated as satisfying the requirements of the regulations unless, at such times as may be prescribed, it is tested and approved by a person appointed by the Board for that purpose; and (d) for payment of such fees for the inspection provided for in paragraph (a) hereof and the carrying out of tests as respectively provided for in paragraphs ( b) and (c) hereof as may be prescribed. (3.) The Board may appoint persons to carry out the inspections and the Board may appoint persons to carry out the tests respectively provided for in the preceding subsection. (4.) If, in the case of any ship, the provisions of any regulations which apply to that ship are contravened, both the owner and the master of the ship shall be guilty of an offence against this section. 157 7. (1.) The power to make regulations under this Keeping of Act shall include power to make regulations requiring 0,1 records* the master of an intrastate ship or the occupier of a place on land to keep such records as the Governor in Council deems necessary for the purposes of this Act and in particular, but without restricting the generality of this subsection, any record or records of the nature described in subsection two of this section. (2.) The regulations may require the keeping of records by the master of an intrastate ship— (a) of any occasion when oil or a mixture containing oil is discharged from the ship for the purpose of securing its safety or of preventing damage to the ship or cargo or of saving life; (b) of any occasion on which oil or a mixture containing oil is found to be escaping, or to have escaped, from the ship in consequence of damage to the ship or by reason of leakage ;

158 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, (c) of the carrying out, on board or in connection with the ship, of such operations as may be prescribed, including operations relating to— (i.) the ballasting of oil tanks (whether cargo or bunker fuel tanks) and the discharge of ballast from, and cleaning of, such tanks ; (ii.) the separation of oil from water, or from other substances, in any mixture containing oil; (iii.) the disposal of any oil or water, or any other substance, arising from operations relating to any of the matters specified in the preceding subparagraphs ; and (iv.) the disposal of any other oil residues. (3.) The regulations may require the keeping of records by the master of an intrastate ship relating to the transfer of oil to or from the ship. (4.) The regulations may require the keeping of records by the occupier of any place on land relating to the transfer of oil from or to any ship and to, from or through such place on land, or to the operation of facilities provided at such place on land for the disposal of oil residues, and to any discharge of oil or a mixture containing oil occurring in the course of or in connection with any such transfer of oil or disposal of oil residues. (5.) The regulations may— (а) prescribe the form in which records shall be kept and the nature of the entries to be made in them; (б) require the person keeping the records to retain them for a prescribed period'; (c) require that person, at the end of the prescribed period, to transmit the records to a place or person determined by or under the regulations; (d) provide for the custody or disposal of the records after their transmission to such a place or person.

1960. PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. (6.) (a) If any records required by regulations made pursuant to this section to be kept in relation to any ship are not so kept in and according to any form prescribed, then both the owner and the master of such ship shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (b) If any records required by regulations made pursuant to this section to be kept in relation to any place on land are not so kept in and according to any form prescribed, then the occupier of such place on land shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (c) Any person who fails to comply with any requirement imposed by or Under this section, or any regulations made pursuant to this section, or who makes an entry in any records kept under regulations made pursuant to this section, which is to his knowledge false or misleading in any material particular, shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (7.) The penalty for an offence against this section is a fine not exceeding five hundred pounds. 159 8. (1.) If any discharge of oil, or of any mixture RejM?rtin8 contaimng oil, occurs irom any ship or from any place gation of on land into any waters within the jurisdiction, the oli^&S808 owner or master of such ship, or the occupier of such place on land shall forthwith inform— (а) if the discharge occurs into waters within the limits of a harbour, the Harbour Board; or (б) if the discharge occurs into waters without the limits of any harbour, the Board, of all details of the occurrence, and, if he fails to do so, shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (2.) For the purpose of investigating any discharge or suspected discharge of oil or of a mixture containing oil into any waters within the jurisdiction, the harbour master of any harbour, or any officer or employee of the Board having charge of any district, or any person appointed for that purpose by the Board or a Harbour Board— (a) may go on board and inspect any ship being within the jurisdiction;

160 Pollution of Waters by OH Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, ( b) may inspect any records required to be kept in respect of the ship by this Act or any regulations made thereunder, or by any laws of any country to which the Convention applies; (c) if such records are kept in a language other than English, may be accompanied and assisted by an interpreter ; and (d) may cause any entry in any such records to be copied and require the person by whom the records are to be kept to certify the copy as a true copy of the entry : Provided that a person exercising any powers conferred by this section shall not unnecessarily detain or delay the ship from proceeding on any voyage. (3.) Any person appointed for that purpose by the Board or a Harbour Board may enter and inspect any place on land for the purpose of investigating any discharge or suspected discharge of oil or of a mixture containing oil, and for that purpose may inspect any records required to be kept under this Act in respect of such place, may cause any entry in any such records to be copied and may require the person by whom the records are to be kept to certify the copy as a true copy of the original. (4.) Any right of inspection provided in subsections two or three of this section includes the right to take samples of any substances or mixtures of substances being in, on, or in the vicinity of the ship or place on land inspected, and to require the master of such ship or the occupier of such place on land, or any person representing such master or such occupier, to certify the taking of such samples, and to require the testing of any equipment or apparatus in such ship or on such place on land, the ■condition or efficiency of which is considered relevant to the discharge or suspected discharge. (5.) Any person who assaults, resists, hinders or obstructs any person acting in the exercise of any power conferred by virtue of this section, or who fails to comply with any requirement duly made under this section, shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (6.) The penalty for an offence against this section is a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds.

1960. Pollutionof Waters byOil Act. 161 9. (1.) Any Harbour Board may provide in such ^\1I^^)tion places as it deems necessary facilities for enabling ships ' to dispose of oil residues, or may join with any other person or with the Crown in providing such facilities, or may arrange for the provision of such facilities by any other person or by the Crown. (2.) The power under “ The Harbours Acts , 1955 to 1959,” of a Harbour Board to make by-laws shall include power to make by-laws fixing charges and imposing conditions in respect of the use of any such facilities. (3.) Subject to the following provisions of this section, any facilities provided by, or by arrangement with, any Harbour Board shall be open to all ships on payment of any charges and subject to compliance with any conditions imposed in accordance with subsection two of this section. (4.) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection three of this section, a Harbour Board, or a person providing facilities by arrangement with a Harbour Board, shall not be obliged to make those facilities available for use by tankers, or for the reception of oil residues disposed of for the purpose of enabling a ship to undergo repairs. (5.) Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring any Harbour Board to allow untreated ballast water (that is to say, ballast water which contains oil and has not been subjected to an effective process for separating the oil from the water) to be disposed of into any facilities provided by, or by arrangement with, the Harbour Board. (6.) As regards the provision of facilities for the use of tankers or for the reception of oil residues disposed of for the purpose of enabling ships to undergo repairs, the power under “ The Harbours Ads, 1955 to 1959,” of a Harbour Board to make by-laws shall include power to make by-laws requiring— (a) the owners or occupiers of oil terminals, oil depots, oil installations or other similar establishments used for the loading or unloading of oil in bulk ; and 6

162 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act . 9 E liz . II. No. 29, (b) the owners or occupiers of establishments at which ships are repaired or any other work is performed in relation to ships which may involve the disposal of oil residues therefrom, to provide facilities of a standard satisfactory to the Harbour Board, to maintain such facilities in good order and condition, and to keep such records as may be prescribed. Restrictions on transfer 10. (1.) No oil shall be transferred between sunset of oil at and sunrise to or from a ship in any waters within the night. jurisdiction unless notice has been given to, and permission in writing obtained from— (a) where such waters are within the limits of a harbour for which there is a Harbour Board, such Harbour Board ; or (b) where such waters are not within the limits of a harbour for which there is a Harbour Board, the harbour master or other person having charge of such waters or the Board. (2.) In the case of a transfer to be performed at a place where such transfers are frequently and regularly carried out, the notice may be a general notice that transfers will be carried out within a period specified in the notice, and the permission may be general and subject to such conditions as the grantor thinks fit. (3.) If any oil is transferred to or from any ship in contravention of this section, or if any condition attached to any permission given is not observed, the master of the ship, and, if the oil is transferred from or to a place on land, the occupier of that place, shall each be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds. Inspection 11. (1.) Any person appointed by the Board or a and report. Harbour Board to report to it regarding the proper observance of, and the adequacy of, the prohibitions, restrictions and obligations imposed by virtue of this Act, may go on board any intrastate ship, or may enter any place on land, and may inspect any records required to

1960. Pollution of Waters byOil Act . be kept under this Act, and may cause any entry in such records to be copied and require the person by whom the records are to be kept to certify the copy as a true copy of such entry, and may inspect and test any equipment required to be installed under this Act, and may require such persons as he thinks fit to answer such questions as he thinks fit, and may require the production of all books, papers or documents which he considers important for the purpose of his report. (2.) Any person who assaults, resists, hinders or obstructs any person acting in the exercise of any power conferred by virtue of this section, or who fails to comply with any requirement duly made under this section, or who in giving any answer required under this section makes a statement which is false or misleading in any particular, shall be guilty of an offence against this section. (3.) The penalty for an offence against this section is a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds. (4.) A person shall not be required under this section to answer any question or to certify any copy of records tending to criminate himself. 163 12. (1.) Where, in regard to any requirement Dispense prescribed by regulations made under this Act, the Board exemptions, is satisfied— (a) that the requirement has been substantially complied with; or ( b ) that compliance with the requirement is, in the circumstances of the case, impracticable or unnecessary; or (c) that the action taken or provision made as regards the subject matter of the requirement is as effective as, or more effective than, actual compliance with the requirement, it may direct that compliance with that requirement be dispensed with.

164 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, (2.) Whenever any dispensation has been directed under this section, the Board may, at the same time or any time thereafter, impose in consideration of such dispensation any conditions which it deems appropriate, and may vary or revoke the same, and a breach of any such condition shall incur the same penalties and consequences as a breach of the regulation from which the dispensation was directed. (3.) Any dispensation directed under this section may be revoked by the Board at any time. Offences. 13. (1.) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and liable, if no specific penalty is provided, to a penalty not exceeding two hundred pounds. (2.) If after conviction therefor any offence against this Act is continued, the offender may be prosecuted and punished as for a fresh and separate offence against this Act. This subsection applies to the continuation of any offence after the first or any subsequent conviction therefor. (3.) All offences against this Act may be prosecuted in a summary way under “ The Justices Acts, 1886 to 1958,” upon the complaint of any person thereunto authorised by the Board or a Harbour Board. (4.) In any proceedings on a complaint any order which the court is empowered to make may be made Without an application or complaint being made in respect thereof, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act or law. (5.) All penalties under this Act recovered in proceedings authorised by a Harbour Board shall be paid into its Harbour Fund. Jurisdiction in respect (6.) Complaints of offences against this Act alleged ofwaters to have been committed in or in relation to any waters Jwuitrhisidnictthioen. within the Jurisdiction may be heard and determined

1960. Pollution of WatersbyOil Act. at a place appointed for holding courts of petty sessions in the petty sessions district in which those waters are included or on which those waters abut. This subsection shall be in addition to and not in substitution for or derogation of any other enactment or law conferring jurisdiction upon courts of petty sessions. 165 14. (1.) In any proceedings under this Act — Evidence. (a) any record required to be kept by this Act Records- or by any laws of the Government of any country to which the Convention applies for the carrying out of the purposes of the Convention shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in such record; (b) any copy of an entry in any such record, which is certified by the person by whom the record is required to be kept to be a true copy of the entry, shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated in the entry; (c) any document purporting to be a record kept in pursuance of any of the requirements referred to in this subsection or purporting to be such a certified copy as is mentioned in the last preceding paragraph, shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be such records or such a certified copy, as the case may be; (d) it shall be deemed that proof has been made, identity. in the absence of proof to the contrary, of— (i.) the fact that any ship in question is, or at any relevant time was, an intrastate ship ; (ii.) the fact that the defendant is, or at any relevant time was, the occupier of any place on land; and (iii.) the fact that the defendant is, or at any relevant time was, the person in charge of any apparatus used for transferring oil from or to a ship ;

166 PollutionofWatersbyOil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, Adminis­ trative Acts. (e) the following matters shall be sufficiently evidenced by a statement in writing purporting to be signed by the secretary or acting secretary to the Board or a Harbour Board:— (i.) the general or special appointment by the Board of any person to carry out all or any of the inspections and tests referred to in section six of this Act; (ii.) the general or special appointment by the Board or a Harbour Board of any person to investigate any discharge or suspected discharge of oil or of a mixture containing oil under section eight of this Act; (iii.) the general or special appointment by the Board or a Harbour Board of any person to report to it regarding the proper observance of, and the adequacy of, the prohibitions, restrictions and obligations imposed by virtue of this Act, under section eleven of this Act; and (iv.) any dispensation directed, any conditions imposed by the Board in consideration of such dispensation, or the revocation of any dispensation directed, under section twelve of this Act. (2.) The provisions of “ The Queensland Marine Act of 1959,” with respect to evidence or proof, in any proceedings under such Act, of any matter or thing evidence or proof whereof is relevant in any proceedings under this Act authorised by the Board shall apply with respect to such proceedings under this Act. (3.) The provision of “ The Harbours Acts, 1955 to 1959,” with respect to evidence or proof in any proceedings under such Act, of any matter or thing evidence or proof whereof is relevant in any proceedings under this Act authorised by a Harbour Board shall apply with respect to such proceedings under this Act. Regulations. 15. (1.) The Governor in Council may from time to time, upon the recommendation of the Board, make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters and things which by this Act are required or

1960. Pollution of Waters byOil Act. permitted to be prescribed (save any matters or things which by this Act are required to be prescribed otherwise than by regulation) or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular— (a) as respects intrastate ships, for giving effect to Articles VII or IX of the Convention; (b) for the exemption of any ship or of all or any ships included in a prescribed class of ships from this Act or from any of the provisions of this Act, and either absolutely or subject to conditions. 167 16. (1.) Regulations may be made under this Act at any time after the passing hereof. an y’aw* (2.) By-laws which pursuant to this Act may be made under “ The Harbours Acts, 1955 to 1959,” may be made at any time after the passing of this Act. (3.) The power to make under or pursuant to this Act any regulation or by-law shall include power to make that regulation or by-law so that it may be limited in its application to specified ships or to ships included in a specified class of ships, or according to time, place, purposes, circumstances or otherwise as is prescribed thereby or by another regulation or by-law, and so that any regulation or by-law of limited application may differ from another regulation or by-law of limited application. 17. (1.) Every Proclamation or regulation made Publication under this Act shall— of Proclama­ (a) be published in the Gazette ; tions and regulations. (6) upon its publication in the Gazette be judicially noticed and such publication shall be conclusive evidence of the matters contained therein; (c) take effect from the date of such publication or, in the case of any regulation, if a later date is specified in that or any other regulation for its commencement, from that later date; and

168 Pollution of Waters by Oil Act. 9 E liz . II. No. 29, 1960. (d) be laid before the Legislative Assembly within fourteen sitting days after such publication if the Legislative Assembly is in session or, if not, then within fourteen sitting days after the commencement of the next session. (2.) If the Legislative Assembly passes a resolution of which notice has been given at any time within fourteen sitting days after any such Proclamation or regulation has been laid before it disallowing such Proclamation or regulation or part thereof that Proclamation or regulation or part shall thereupon cease to have effect, but without prejudice to anything done in the meantime or to the making of a further Proclamation or regulation. By Authority: S. G. R eid , Government Printer, Brisbane—1960