EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE NO. 181 OF 1982
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport and Construction
Shipping Registration Regulations (Amendment)
Sub-section 83(1) of the Shipping Registration Act 1981 (the Act) (Proclaimed on 11 December 19 81) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not. inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by the Act to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Sub-section 68(1) of this Act requires that an unregistered ship entitled to be registered shall not depart from an Australian port to a place outside Australia. Sub-section 68(3) of the Act requires that a Collector of Customs shall not grant a Certificate of Clearance in respect of such a ship unless it is registered. Sub-section 68(4) provides that sub-sections 68(1) and (3) do not apply to a prescribed ship, or ships included in a prescribed class of ships.
The regulation includes a new Regulation 33A to exempt from registration small craft operated by inhabitants of Torres Strait under the provision of sub-section 68(4).