EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES) 1983 NO 121
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE
FOR TRANSPORT
NAVIGATION (RADIO) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 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.
Sub-section 425(1) further provides, in particular, that the Governor-General may make regulations empowering the Minister to make orders for and in relation to specified matters to give prompt legislative effect to safety and technical requirements in respect of ships, their cargoes and persons on board. Those orders are known collectively as ‘Marine Orders’ and include provisions which would otherwise appear in regulations under the Act.
Marine Orders, Part 6 (Marine Qualifications - Radio) which came into operation on 1 August 1983, amongst other things replaced Regulation 47 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations, which therefore became redundant.
The amendment of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations repealed Regulation 47 of the Navigation (Radio) Regulations from 1 August 1983.