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(1) The following provisions of the national law provide for this Marine Order to be made:

(a) Division 4 of Part 4 which provides for a number of matters to be prescribed for certificates of competency including who must have a certificate, how to apply, and the criteria for the issue, variation, suspension and revocation of certificates;

(b) Division 5 of Part 4 which provides for a number of matters to be prescribed for certificates issued under the national law;

(c) paragraph 159(2)(g) which provides that the regulations may prescribe standards for the qualifications of crew and masters of domestic commercial vessels;

(d) Section 162 which provides that the regulations may prescribe penalties for offences against the regulations and civil penalties for contraventions of the regulations.

(2) Subsection 159(1) of the national law provides for regulations to be made prescribing matters required or permitted to be prescribed or that are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to the national law.

(3) Subsection 163(1) provides that the National Regulator may make a Marine Order about matters that can be provided for by regulation.

(4) Section 164 of the national law allows a Marine Order to provide for any matter by applying, adopting or incorporating any matter contained in any written instrument in force or existing from time to time.