Statutory Rules
1978 No. 132
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 (LOAD LINES) REGULATIONS†
Interpretation
1. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting after the definition of “ assigning authority ” 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;”;
(b) by omitting the definition of “ prescribed authority ” and substituting the following definition:
“ ‘ prescribed authority ’ means—
(a) in relation to the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide, Fremantle or Hobart—the authorized officer for the State in which the port is situated; and
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 July 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1968, No. 126 as amended by Statutory Rules 1970, No. 187; 1975, No. 110; 1976, No. 281; and 1977, Nos. 225 and 270.
(b) in relation to any other port in a State or Territory—the authorized officer for the State or Territory or the person appointed by that authorized officer by instrument in writing to represent him at the port;”; and
(c) by omitting the definition of “ Regional Controller ”.
Savings
2. Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or efficacy of an application made under the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations and, for the purposes of the application to such an application of the Navigation (Load lines) Regulations as amended by these Regulations, a reference in the application to “ Regional Controller ” shall be read as a reference to “ authorized officer ” as defined by those Regulations as so amended.