EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rule No. 274 of 1984
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport Navigation (Manning) Regulations (Amendment)
Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 (‘the Act’) provides 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, 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.
Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Manning) Regulations was made on 21 December 1981 for the purpose of implementing the manning recommendations of the Committee on the Revitalisation of Australian Shipping under the chairmanship of Sir John Crawford.
The Government subsequently decided to implement the Committee’s recommendations by means of section 57AM of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936.
Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Manning) Regulations is therefore not required for its original purpose. Furthermore, its presence had the effect of inhibiting the making of orders under section 14 of the Act for purposes other than those associated with the revitalisation of Australian shipping.
The Regulation will amend the Navigation (Manning) Regulations by repealing regulation 3.
Authority: | Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 |
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