Part 2Applied provisions

Part 2—Applied provisions 5—Application of Commonwealth laws as laws of this State (1) The Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law, as in force from time to time, applies as a law of this State. (2) The Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law so applies as if it extended to matters in relation to which this State may make laws— (a) whether or not the Commonwealth may make laws in relation to those matters; and (b) even though the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law provides that it applies only to specified matters with respect to which the Commonwealth may make laws. (3) Subsection (2) does not operate to exclude a law of this State relating to marine safety that would not otherwise be excluded by the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law. (4) The regulations may provide that the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law applies under this section as if an amendment to that law— (a) made by a law of the Commonwealth; and (b) specified in the regulations, had not taken effect. 6—Interpretation of Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law (1) The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 of the Commonwealth applies as a law of this State in relation to the interpretation of the applied provisions, and so applies as if the applied provisions were a Commonwealth Act or were regulations or other legislative instruments under a Commonwealth Act (as the case requires). (2) The Acts Interpretation Act 1915 does not apply to the applied provisions.