Statutory Rules
1978 No. 134
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 (MUSTERS AND DRILLS) REGULATIONS†
Interpretation
1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations is amended—
(a) by inserting in sub-regulation (1) before the definition of “ certificated lifeboatman ” the following definition:
“ ‘ authorized officer ’ means a person holding, or for the time being performing the duties of, an office in the Department of Transport that is specified for the purposes of this definition by the Minister by instrument in writing;”; and
(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) the definition of “ Regional Controller ”.
Allotting of crew to lifeboats and liferafts
2. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations is amended—
(a) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ a Regional Controller ” and substituting “ an authorized officer ”;
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 July 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1968, No. 37 as amended by Statutory Rules 1971, No. 152.
(b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (2) “ the Regional Controller ” and substituting “ the authorized officer ”; and
(c) by omitting sub-regulation (4).
Savings
3. Nothing in these Regulations affects the validity or efficacy of a permission granted under the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations as in force before the commencement of these Regulations and, for the purpose of the application of the Navigation (Musters and Drills) Regulations as amended by these Regulations to such a permission, a reference to “ Regional Controller ” in the permission shall be read as a reference to “ authorized officer ” as defined by those Regulations as so amended.