427Ministerial orders concerning Uniform Shipping Laws Code and the NSCV

427 Ministerial orders concerning Uniform Shipping Laws Code and the NSCV

(1) In this section:

Code means the code known as the Uniform Shipping Laws Code adopted by the Council.

Council means the conference of Commonwealth, New Zealand, State, Australian Capital Territory and Northern Territory Ministers known as the Australian Transport Council.

NSCV means the National Standard for Commercial Vessels adopted by the Council.

(2) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare: (a) that the provisions referred to in the order are provisions, or are the provisions, of the Code as in existence on a specified date; or (b) that specified provisions of the Code as in existence on a specified date have been varied by the Council on a specified date and that the variations referred to in the order are the variations so made by the Council. (3) The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, declare: (a) that the provisions referred to in the order are provisions, or are the provisions, of the NSCV as in existence on a specified date; or (b) that specified provisions of the NSCV as in existence on a specified date have been varied by the Council on a specified date and that the variations referred to in the order are the variations so made by the Council. (4) An order under subsection (2) or (3): (a) is, for all purposes, prima facie evidence of the matters declared in the order; and (b) is not a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.