Statutory Rules
1978 No. 222
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 fourteenth day of November 1978.
ZELMAN COWEN
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
PETER NIXON
Minister of State for Transport
AMENDMENTS OF THE NAVIGATION (SURVEY) REGULATIONS†
Interpretation
1. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Survey) Regulations is amended by omitting the definitions of “ prescribed authority ” and “ Regional Controller ” in sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following definitions:
“ ‘ prescribed authority ’ means—
(a) in relation to the port of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Port Adelaide or Fremantle—the person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of the office in the Department of Transport of Assistant Director (Surface Operations) for the region in which the port is situated;
(b) in relation to the port of Hobart—the person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, the office in the Department of Transport of Assistant Director (Tasmania);
* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 21 November 1978.
† Statutory Rules 1968 No. 41 as amended by Statutory Rules 1969 No. 203; 1972 Nos. 42 and 193; 1975 No. 113; 1976 Nos. 119 and 284; and 1977 No. 273.
(c) in relation to a port in Tasmania other than the port of Hobart—the representative in that port of the person referred to in paragraph (b); and
(d) in relation to a port other than a port referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c)—the representative in that port of the person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, the office in the Department of Transport of Assistant Director (Surface Operations) for the region in which the port is situated;
“ ‘ region ’ means—
(a) New South Wales;
(b) the region consisting of Victoria and Tasmania;
(c) Queensland;
(d) the region consisting of South Australia and the Northern Territory; or
(e) Western Australia;”.
Notice under section 190a of the Act
2. Regulation 35 of the Navigation (Survey) Regulations is amended by omitting “a Regional Controller ” and substituting—
“ any person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of—
(a) an office in the Department of Transport of Assistant Director (Surface Operations); or
(b) the office in the Department of Transport of Assistant Director (Tasmania).”.