EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1985 NO 122
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTER OF STATE
FOR TRANSPORT
NAVIGATION (SIGHT TESTS FOR APPRENTICES) REGULATIONS (REPEAL)
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-paragraph 425(1)(f)(iii) provides, in particular, that the Governor-General may make regulations empowering the Minister to make orders for and in relation to the protection of the health of persons on board ships. Those orders are known collectively as ‘Marine Orders’ and include provisions which would otherwise appear in regulations under the Act.
Marine Orders, Part 9 (Health - Medical Fitness) came into operation on 1 August 1983. Part 9 replaced the Navigation (Sight Tests for Apprentices) Regulations which were repealed as from 1 August 1983.