EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE NO. 95 OF 1983
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE
MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT
NAVIGATION (DECK CARGO AND LIVE STOCK) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsisent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act or for the conduct of any business under the Act.
Sub-section 425(1)(f) further provides, in particular, that the Governor-General may make regulations empowering the Minister to make orders for and in relation to specified matters to give prompt legislative effect to safety and technical requirements in respect of ship, their cargoes and persons on board. Those orders are known collectively as ‘Marine Orders’ and include provisions which would otherwise appear in regulations under the Act.
Part 43 (Cargo and Cargo Handling - Livestock) of Marine Orders which is intended to replace and update the present livestock provisions of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is about to come into operation. These orders will cause the livestock provisions of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations to become redundant.
This amendment of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations removes the provisions relating to “livestock” wherever they appear in the regulations.