EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO. 200 OF 1987
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport and Communications
Navigation Act 1912 - Navigation (Cargo - Hazards Prevention) Regulations (Repeal)
Subsection 253A(1) of the the Navigation Act 1912 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters necessary or convenient to be prescribed in regard to the carriage of dangerous goods in ships.
The Navigation (Cargo - Hazards Prevention) Regulations (‘the Regulations’) are made pursuant to that subsection.
Subsection 425(1) of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations empowering the Minister to make orders with respect to any matter for or in relation to which provision may be made by the regulations under section 253A. Subregulation 3(1) of the Navigation (Orders) Regulations empowers the Minister to make such orders.
Marine Orders, Part 41 (Cargo and Cargo Handling - Dangerous Goods) and Marine Orders, Part 34 (Cargo and Cargo Handling - Solid Bulk Cargoes), which are expressed to come into operation on 21 September 1987, incorporate all matters dealt with in the Regulations. It is therefore necessary to repeal the Regulations.
Details of the repealing Regulations are as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the repealing Regulations will come into operation on 21 September 1987.
Regulation 2 repeals the Regulations.