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.