{"id":"C1929L00053","name":"Navigation (Wireless Telegraphy) Regulations 1924 (Amendment)","slug":"navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"53 of 1929","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":21487,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1929L00053-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Navigation (Wireless Telegraphy) Regulations 1924 (Amendment)","content":"STATUTORY RULES.\n\n1929\\. No. 53.\n\nREGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1926.\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 Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1926, to come into operation on 1st October, 1929.\n\nDated this twenty-third day of May, 1929.\n\nSTONEHAVEN\n\nGovernor-General.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nH. S. GULLETT\n\nMinister of State for Trade and Customs.\n\nAmendment of Navigation (Wireless Telegraphy) Regulations.\n\n(Statutory Rules 1924, No. 72, as amended by Statutory Rules 1926, No. 65.)\n\n1. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Wireless Telegraphy) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (2).\n\n2. The Navigation (Wireless Telegraphy) Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation 9 the following regulation:—\n\n“9a.—A ship of Class II. or Class III. shall be fitted with an automatic apparatus, of a type\\* approved by the Board of Trade of the United Kingdom, for registering the wireless signal of distress prescribed by the Navigation (Distress Signals and Danger Calls) Regulations for use by a vessel in distress, unless the duration of the voyage on which the ship is employed does not exceed eight hours from port to port:\n\nProvided that this Regulation shall not apply to a ship so long as it complies with the requirements of regulation 10 for a ship of Class I.”\n\n\\*Note.—Particulars as to the conditions to be complied with as regards such an apparatus, in order to receive the approval of the Board of Trade, are contained in Schedule II. to the Merchant Shipping (Wireless Telegraphy) Rules 1927, being Statutory Rules and Orders 1927, No. 529, issued by the Board of Trade.\n\nBy Authority: H. J. Green, Government Printer, Canberra.\n\n1375.—Price 3d.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2180},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The amendment maintains the original scope of maritime wireless telegraphy safety regulation, simply updating technical equipment requirements for distress signalling without expanding into new regulatory areas."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative provisions (one deletion, one insertion)","Minimal cross-referencing to existing regulations (Regs 6, 9, and 10)","Simple conditional exemption with two alternative bases (voyage duration or Class I compliance)","External reference to UK Board of Trade technical standards rather than domestic specifications"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation updates radio-equipment rules for Australian ships by removing an old provision and requiring Class II and III vessels on voyages longer than eight hours to carry automatic distress-signal apparatus that registers official wireless distress calls. Exemptions cover voyages ≤8 hours and vessels already meeting Class I standards. Equipment must meet UK Board of Trade approval. It affects ship owners/operators and aims to boost maritime safety by enabling automatic emergency signalling."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment","history":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment/history","analysis":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/navigation-wireless-telegraphy-regulations-1924-amendment/documents"}}