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Marine Act 1981
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203 Safety
power to make regulations in relation to:
(a) requiring the approval of the Director for the carriage of
passengers or a number of passengers in excess of a
specified number on board a vessel; and
(b) permitting the Minister to grant an exemption from a
requirement of the Regulations or this Act in respect of the
carriage of passengers; and
(c) prescribing the requirements for and standards of life-saving
appliances, fire-fighting, radio and miscellaneous equipment
for vessels; and
(d) prescribing the requirements for, and standards of, medicines
and medical stores; and
(e) the notification by shippers of intention to ship dangerous
goods and the inspection of dangerous goods whilst being
prepared for shipment; and
(f) prescribing the marking of weights on heavy packages; and
(h) prescribing the requirements for the operation, maintenance
and testing of radio stations in vessels at sea; and
(j) permitting the Minister to determine the requirements for the
carriage of livestock in a vessel; and
(k) permitting the Minister to determine the safety requirements
for the loading and unloading of vessels; and
(m) prescribing the emergency procedures and the requirements
relating to safety of navigation to be observed on vessels;
and such regulations may be expressed to apply to vessels to
which Part 4 does not apply, and apply accordingly.