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#### 159 Regulations (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations prescribing matters: (a) required or permitted by this Law to be prescribed; or (b) necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Law. (2) The regulations may prescribe standards for the purposes of this Law including, but not limited to, standards in relation to the following: (a) the survey of domestic commercial vessels; (b) the construction of domestic commercial vessels; (c) machinery and equipment connected with domestic commercial vessels; (d) maintenance of domestic commercial vessels; (e) operation of domestic commercial vessels; (f) crewing of domestic commercial vessels; (g) qualifications of crew and masters of domestic commercial vessels; (h) safety of domestic commercial vessels; (i) communications relating to domestic commercial vessels. (3) The regulations may prescribe requirements relating to the following: (a) the keeping of records relating to the operation of domestic commercial vessels; (b) auditing the operation of domestic commercial vessels; (c) the marking of domestic commercial vessels; (d) advertising the uses of domestic commercial vessels, including prohibiting advertising of uses not permitted by a certificate for the vessel. (4) The regulations may prescribe a scheme for and in relation to voluntary enforceable undertakings. (5) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to: (a) requiring persons to hold certificates (within the ordinary meaning of that expression) or other documents for the purposes of giving effect to an international convention or instrument that is in force for Australia; and (b) the issuing, varying, revoking and suspending of such certificates or other documents. (5A) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the conduct of the survey of vessels. (6) Before the Governor‑General makes regulations for the purposes of section 7(4) or (5), the Commonwealth Minister must be satisfied that: (a) the COAG Council has been consulted in relation to the proposed regulations; and (b) the COAG Council has unanimously agreed to the making of the proposed regulations. (7) A reference to this Law in this section does not include a reference to regulations or any other legislative instrument made under this Law.