EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rule No. 38 of 1985
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport
NAVIGATION (HEALTH) REGULATIONS (REPEAL)
Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 (‘the Act’) provides in part that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted 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) of the Act further provides, in particular, that the Governor-General may make regulations empowering the Minister to make orders for and in relation to specified matters including safety and technical requirements in respect of ships, their cargoes and persons on board. These orders are known collectively as ‘Marine Orders’.
Marine Orders, Part 10 (Health-Medicines and Medical Stores), which replaced the Navigation (Health) Regulations, came into operation on 15 April 1985.
The Statutory Rules repeal the Navigation (Health) Regulations with effect from that date.