{"id":"C1951L00037","name":"Navigation (Passengers) Regulations (Amendment)","slug":"navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"37 of 1951","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":23350,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1951L00037-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Navigation (Passengers) Regulations (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES\n\n1951\\. No. 37.\n\n![](image.001.png)REGULATION UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1950.\\*\n\nI ,THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the Navigation Act 1912-1950.\n\nDated this eighteenth day of April, 1951.\n\nW.J.McKELL\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency's Command,\n\n![Signature: George McLeay](image.002.jpeg)\n\nMinister of State for Fuel, Shipping and Transport.\n\n![](image.003.png)AMENDMENT OF THE NAVIGATION (PASSENGERS) REGULATIONS.†\n\nThe Schedule.\n\n![](image.004.png)The Schedule to the Navigation (Passengers) Regulations is amended by omitting Form P.—1 and Form P.—2 and inserting in\n\n\\* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on , 1951.\n\n†Statutory Rules 1924, No. 197, as amended by Statutory Rules 1933, No. 115,\n\nand 1949, No. 9.\n\n756.─ PRICE 5D. 9/1.3.1951.\n\ntheir stead the following forms:—\n\n![Emblem for Marine Administration Minister ](image.005.png)\n\n![](image.006.png)COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA. FORM P. ─ 1.\n\nNavigation Act 1912-1950.\n\n![](image.007.png)![](image.007.png)PASSENGER LIST—OUTGOING PASSENGERS.\n\nNAV. (PASSENGERS) REGS.\n\nRETURN OF PASSENGERS EMBARKING AT THE PORT OF FOR PLACES OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.008.png)(To be furnished in Triplicate.)\n\n| Name of Ship and Official Number. | (a) Port of Registry.(b) Steam-ship Line. | Master's Name. | Tonnage ─(a) Gross.(b) Net. | Aggregate Number of Superficial Feet in the several Compartments set apart for Passengers other than Cabin Passengers. | Total Number of Statute Adults, exclusive of Master, Crew, and Cabin Passengers which the Ship can legally carry. | Where Bound. |\n| --------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------- | --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |\n| Name | (a) | | (a) | | | |\n| Official No. | (b) | | (b) | | | |\n\nNAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PASSENGERS EMBARKED AT THE PORT OF\n\n```html\n

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Line No.

Class.

Port of Disem-barkation.

Surname and Initials. (Separate line to be used for each Passenger.)

Nationality (as shown on Passport).

Racial Origin ─

E. European.

As. ═ Asian.

Af. ═ African.

P. ═ Polynesian

Sex ( M. or F.).

Age last
Birthday (at date of Embarkation).

Conjugal Condition ─

M. ═ Married.

S. ═ Single.

W. ═ Widowed.

D. ═ Divorced.

Occupation and Industry.

Country of last Permanent Residence. (If Australia, name State only.) (a)

Country of intended future Permanent Residence. (a)

Purpose of Journey. (b)

Proposed Length of Stay Abroad.

Occu-pation.

Indu-stry.

Years

Months

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3.

4. &c.

\n```\n\n(a) Permanent Residence means residence for one year or longer. (b) Indicate whether Australian Resident departing permanently (A.D.P.), Australian Resident departing temporarily (A.D.T.), Tourist (T.), Business (B.), &c., Temporary Visitor Departing (T.V.D.). Abbreviations may be used as shown in brackets.\n\nSUMMARY OF PASSENGERS.\n\n```html\n

Number of—

Male.

Female.

Adults .............................

Children 1-12 years ....................

Infants .............................

Total ..............................

GRAND TOTAL, MALES AND FEMALES

\n```\n\n![](image.010.png)![](image.009.png)I HEREBY CERTIFY that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above Return consisting of pages, is a true, full and correct Return, in all particulars, of the Passengers for places outside Australia who embarked at the Port of\n\nI FURTHER CERTIFY that the Provisions actually laden on board this ship are sufficient, according to the requirements of the Merchant Shipping\n\nActs, for Statute Adults for a voyage of days.\n\nDate of Departure 19 .\n\nMaster.\n\nWitness Date / /19 .\n\nFORM P. ─ 2.\n\n| . | COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIANavigation Act 1912-1950.PASSENGER LIST—OUTGOING PASSENGERS |\n| --- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |\n\nNAV. (PASSENGERS) REGS.\n\nRETURN OF PASSENGERS EMBARKING AT THE PORT OF FOR PLACES OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA.\n\n![](image.013.png)(To be furnished in Triplicate.)\n\n| Name of Ship. | Official Number. | (a) Port of Registry.(b) Steam-ship Line. | Master's Name. | Tonnage—(a) Gross.(b) Net. | Date of Arrival. | Voyage. |\n| ------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------------------- | ---------------- | ------- |\n| | | | | | | |\n| | | (a) | | (a) | | From |\n| | | (b) | | (b) | | To |\n| | | | | | | |\n\nNAMES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF PASSENGERS.\n\n```html\n

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Line No.

Class.

Port of Em-barkation.

Surname and Initials. (Separate line to be used for each Passenger.)

Nation-ality (as shown on Passport).

Racial Origin ─

E. European.

As. ═ Asian.

Af. ═ African.

P. ═ Polynesian.

Sex ( M. or F.).

Age last Birthday (at date of Embarka-tion).

Conjugal Condition ─

M. ═ Married.

S. ═ Single.

W. ═ Widowed.

D. ═ Divorced.

Occupation and Industry.

Country of last Permanent Residence (a)

Country of intended future permanent Residence. (If Australia, name State only.)(a)

Purpose of Journey. (b)

Proposed Length of Stay Australia.

Occupation.

Industry.

Years.

Months.

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2.

3.

4. &c.

\n```\n\n(a) Permanent Residence means residence for one year or longer. (b) Indicate whether “New Settler” (N.S.), \"Australian Resident Returning\" (A.R.R.), \"Temporary Visitor \" (TN.) specifying nature, e.g., Tourist (T.), Business (B.), In Transit (Trans.), &c. Abbreviations may be used as shown in brackets.\n\n\\* BIRTHS ON THE VOYAGE.\n\n| Name of Infant. | Male or Female. | Names of Parents. | Nationality. |\n| --------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | ------------ |\n| | | | |\n\n![](image.014.png)\\* DEATHS ON THE VOYAGE.\n\n| Name. | Male or Female. | Age. | Occupation. | Nationality. | Cause of Death. |\n| ----- | --------------- | ---- | ----------- | ------------ | --------------- |\n| | | | | | |\n\n\\* A separate and detailed Return, in Form M. & S.—15, is also to be furnished by the Master to the Deputy Director in respect of every birth, death, or marriage happening on board the ship.\n\n(See Navigation Act, Sec. 166, and Reg. 22 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations).\n\n \n\nSUMMARY OF PASSENGERS.\n\n```html\n

Number of Adults.

Number of Children, 1 to 12 Years.

Number of Infants.

Total Males.

Total Females.

Grand Total.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

Males.

Females.

\n```\n\nI HEREBY CERTIFY that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the above Return consisting of pages, is a true, full and correct Return, in all particulars, of the Passengers brought from places outside Australia to the Port of in the above-mentioned ship, and of the Births and Deaths on the Voyage.\n\nI FURTHER CERTIFY that, †except as set out in Health Reports furnished under the Commonwealth Quarantine Act, the above-mentioned passengers to be landed at this Port do not include any person who is insane, idiotic, deaf and dumb, blind, infirm or destitute, or who is suffering from any infectious or contagious disease of a loathsome or dangerous character, and that none of the passengers has, during the voyage, shown any signs of mental peculiarity or of helplessness.\n\n![](image.015.png)Witness Master.\n\nDate / /19 .\n\n† NOTE.—Strike out these words if there are no exceptions.\n\nNOTE AS TO VESSELS WHICH LAND PASSENGERS AT MORE THAN ONE PORT IN AUSTRALIA.\n\nThe Passengers for the preceding Ports of Call in Australia were landed on the dates mentioned below :—\n\n| Port. | Date. | Port. | Date. |\n| ----- | ----- | ----- | ----- |\n| | | | |\n\n![](image.016.png)By Authority: L. F. JOHNSTON, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":2514},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment maintains the existing scope of maritime passenger regulation. It does not expand the underlying legal requirements for passenger manifests and health certification established in the original 1924 regulations; it merely updates the prescribed forms to reflect 1951 data collection practices, including detailed racial categorization and demographic tracking."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision that merely replaces existing Schedule forms (Form P-1 and Form P-2)","No substantive legal conditions, tests, or exceptions in the amendment text itself","Prescribed forms contain extensive data collection fields (14+ categories per passenger including racial classification)","Certification requirements regarding passenger mental health and physical condition","Cross-references to Navigation Act 1912-1950 and Merchant Shipping Acts for voyage provisioning standards"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation updates the shipboard passenger paperwork captains must submit to Australian authorities, replacing prior P‑1 and P‑2 forms. It requires detailed personal data for arrivals and departures — including name, nationality, age, sex, occupation, planned stay and explicitly recorded “racial origin” (European, Asian, African, Polynesian) — plus health certifications, births/deaths aboard and summarized passenger counts.\n\nIt matters because it formalizes border, health and provisioning checks and reflects 1950s immigration monitoring practices."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment does not alter substantive regulatory scope or create new statutory powers; it replaces the existing passenger-list forms with updated templates in the Schedule. Practically, it expands the information to be collected (e.g. explicit racial‑origin categories, detailed residence and purpose fields) and so raises administrative and recordkeeping burdens for masters and shipping lines, but it does not change the underlying legal obligations beyond how returns are presented and the data required."},"complexity_factors":["Technical amendment limited to the Schedule: substitution of Form P‑1 and Form P‑2 with new printed templates (administrative, not legislative) — source: Schedule amendment.","Forms require many detailed fields (nationality, racial origin categories, sex, age, conjugal condition, occupation/industry, last and intended permanent residence, purpose of journey, births/deaths) — increases data collection and verification work for masters.","Triplicate returns requirement increases paperwork and creates handling/filing obligations for ships, lines and port authorities.","Cross-references to other statutes/regulations (Merchant Shipping Acts; Commonwealth Quarantine Act; Navigation Act sec.166 and Reg.22 of Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations) may trigger parallel reporting or health exceptions.","Practical compliance costs concentrated on ship masters and shipping lines (who prepare and supply returns) and on port officials who receive and process them.","Low legal complexity: no new offences, powers or standards added in the text — change is mainly form and information scope."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation replaces the passenger-list templates (Forms P‑1 and P‑2) in the Navigation (Passengers) Regulations Schedule with updated outgoing and incoming passenger forms. Masters must furnish the new returns in triplicate at ports.\n\nThe revision increases the particulars ships must record (nationality, racial‑origin categories, residence, purpose, births/deaths summaries, occupation and conjugal status, etc.), shifting administrative cost and recordkeeping work to masters and shipping lines and altering port reporting practices."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment","history":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/navigation-passengers-regulations-amendment/documents"}}