Proclamation re commencement (2008-316) (NSW)

2008 No 316

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Marine Safety Act 1998 No 121

JAMES JACOB SPIGELMAN, Lieutenant-Governor I, the Honourable James Jacob Spigelman AC, Lieutenant-Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Marine Safety Act 1998, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 August 2008 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	Part 2, Division 1 of Part 5, Part 7, Division 4 of Part 8 and section 144,
(b)	sections 142 and 143 to the extent to which those provisions are uncommenced,
(c)	Schedule 3.6 [1],
(d)	Schedule 3.7 [1] and [14],
(e)	clause 5 of Schedule 4.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 30th day of July 2008.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOSEPH TRIPODI, M.P.,
Minister for Ports and Waterways

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence provisions of the Marine Safety Act 1998 which deal with the following matters:

(a)	the safety of navigation, including offences relating to the reckless, negligent or dangerous operation of vessels,
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(b)	unsafe vessels, including offences relating to the operation of unsafe vessels and the detention of unsafe vessels,
(c)	the appointment of harbour masters,
(d)	the investigation powers of authorised officers.

BY AUTHORITY