EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the authority of the Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support
Subject - Navigation Act 1912
Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations (Repeal) 1990 No. 104
Subsection 136 of the Navigation Act 1912 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations prescribing the accommodation to be provided for the master, officers and crew of a ship.
The Navigation (Crew Accommodation) Regulations (the Regulations) are made under that section.
A new Marine Order entitled Marine Orders, Part 14 (Accommodation), made pursuant to the Navigation (Orders) Regulations, came into operation on 1 June 1990.
The Marine Order supersedes the outdated Regulations, reflecting modern methods of ship construction and changes in social organisation on ships.