EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Select Legislative Instrument 2006 No. 252
Issued under the authority of the Minister for Transport and Regional Services
Navigation Act 1912
Navigation (Ship Reporting) Repeal Regulations 2006
Section 425 of the Navigation Act 1912 (the Act) provides, in part, 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.
Division 14 of Part IV of the Act sets out requirements for reporting the movement of ships. The Navigation (Ship Reporting) Regulations prescribed various matters for purposes of Division 14 of Part IV including prescribing the area of the sea around Australia in which ships must provide position reports and the means of providing sailing plans and positions reports to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA).
Item 74 of Schedule 2 of the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2006 substituted Division 14 of Part IV with a new Division 14. That item, and therefore the replacement Division 14, commenced on 6 October 2006.
To coincide with the commencement of the new Division 14 of Part IV, a new Part of Marine Orders was made by AMSA under subsection 425(1AA) of the Act to prescribe matters for purposes of the new Division 14. The Navigation (Ship Reporting) Regulations were therefore redundant.
Consequently, the Regulations repealed the Navigation (Ship Reporting) Regulations with effect from 6 October 2006.
The Regulations are a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.
No formal consultation was undertaken in relation to this repeal as it is of a minor or machinery nature and does not substantially alter existing arrangements.
The Regulations commenced on 6 October 2006.