Navigation (Passengers) Regulations (Amendment)

STATUTORY RULES

1924. No. 50.

REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912‑1920.

I, THE GOVERNOR‑GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912‑1920, to come into operation forthwith.

Dated this second day of April, 1924.

FORSTER.

Governor‑General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

AUSTIN CHAPMAN,

Minister of State for Trade and Customs.

AMEndment of Navigation (Passengers) Regulations

(Statutory Rules 1923, No.124.)

1. The Navigation (Passengers) Regulations are amended by inserting, after regulation 9, the following regulation:—

Principal

“9a. The following ports in Australia shall be principal ports for the purposes of section 279 of the Navigation Act, viz.:—

2. Regulation 10 of the Navigation (Passengers) Regulations is amended by omitting sub‑regulation (4) and inserting in its stead the following sub‑regulation:—

“(4.) The proper officer for the purpose of this regulation shall be—

(i) as regards Forms P.1 and P.2, the Boarding Inspector or Clearing Clerk at the port or, where there is no such officer, the chief officer of Customs at the port; and

(ii) as regards Form P.3, the Collector of Customs or chief officer of Customs at the port.”

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3. The Schedule to the Navigation (Passengers) Regulations is amended by the omission of Forms P.1 and P.2, and the insertion in their stead of the following Forms:—

Form P.—1.

(Amended.)

Nav. (Passengers) Regs.

Return of Passengers embarking at the Port of.............................

for Places Outside Australia.

(To be furnished in Duplicate.)

Note —1st Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class Passengers are to be entered in separate groups.

Names and Descriptions of Passengers embarked at the Port of

* By permanent residence is to be understood residence for a year or more.

Summary of Passengers.

I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above, consisting of  pages, is a true, full, and correct return, in all particulars, of the passengers for places outside Australia who embarked at the Port of……………………….

I further certify that the provisions actually laden on board this ship are sufficient according to the requirements of the Merchant Shipping Acts, for Statute Adults for a voyage of                            days.

Date of Departure    192

Master.

Witness      Date / /192

Commonwealth of Australia.

Nav. (Passengers) Regs.

Return of Passengers Brought to the Port of.....................

from Places Outside Australia.

(To be furnished in Duplicate.)

Note.—1st Class, 2nd Class, and 3rd Class Passengers are to be entered in separate groups.

Names and Descriptions of Passengers.

* By permanent residence is to be understood residence for a year or more.

BirthS on the Voyage.

* Deaths on the Voyage.

* A separate and detailed return, in Form M. & S.—15, is also to be furnished by the Master to the Deputy Director in respect of every birth, death, or marriage happening on board the ship.

(See Navigation Act, Sec. 166, and Reg. 22 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations, Statutory Rules 1922, No. 34.)

Summary of Passengers.

I hereby certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above, consisting of  pages, is a true, full, and correct return, in all particulars, of the passengers brought to the port of                            in the above‑mentioned ship, and of the Births and Deaths on the Voyage.

I further certify that, †except as set out in Health Deports furnished under the Commonwealth Quarantine Act, the above‑mentioned passsengers to be landed at this port do not include any person who is insane, idiotic, deaf and dumb, blind, infirm, or destitute or who is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease of a loathsome or dangerous character, and that none of such passengers has, during the voyage, shown any signs of mental peculiarity or of helplessness.

Witness

Master.

Date

†Note.—Strike out these words if there are no exceptions.

Note as to Vessels which Land Passengers at more than One Port in Australia.

The passengers for the preceding Ports of Call in Australia were landed on the dates mentioned below:—

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