Statutory Rules
1978 No. 128
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 (COURTS OF MARINE INQUIRY) REGULATIONS†
Interpretation
1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) before the definition of “ certificate ” 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 from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “ Regional Controller ”.
Service of documents on, and action by, authorized officer
2. Regulation 51 of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting “ Regional Controller ” and substituting “ authorized officer ”; and
(b) by inserting “ or Territory ” after “ State ”.
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 July 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1943, No. 53 as amended by Statutory Rules 1957, No. 1; 1963, No. 97; 1973, No. 69; 1974, No. 13; 1975, No. 6; and 1976, No. 243.
Savings
3. Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or efficacy of a charge made, a notice or process given or served or a thing done under the Navigation. (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations and, for the purposes of the application of the Navigation (Courts of Marine Inquiry) Regulations as amended by these Regulations to such a charge, notice, process or thing done, a reference to “ Regional Controller ” in the notice, process or document prepared in connexion with the charge made or thing done shall be read as a reference to “ authorized officer ” as defined by those Regulations as so amended.