Commonwealth legislation

Navigation (Loading and Unloading–Safety Measures) Regulations (Repeal)

RepealedCTH

This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.

Jurisdiction

Commonwealth

Act Number

334 of 1986

Collection

legislative instrument

Plain English Summary

1/10 complexity

This regulation cleans up old maritime safety laws by cancelling 11 outdated regulations that governed how cargo was loaded and unloaded on ships.

What it does:

Repeals (cancels) previous safety regulations made between 1961 and 1985
Removes rules that specified safety measures during cargo operations on Australian vessels
Acts as a 'housekeeping' measure to clear obsolete laws from the statute books

Why it matters: The repealed regulations previously set safety standards to protect dockworkers, seafarers, and ships during loading and unloading. These old rules are no longer needed—likely because they've been replaced by modern workplace safety laws (such as Work Health and Safety legislation) or updated maritime codes.

Who is affected:

Shipping operators who previously followed these specific cargo-handling safety rules
Maritime workers, who are now protected by newer, more comprehensive safety frameworks

JSON API

Deep dive

Want the full deep dive?

Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.

Current sections

Direct links to the current provisions in Navigation (Loading and Unloading–Safety Measures) Regulations (Repeal).

Navigation (Loading and Unloading–Safety Measures) Regulations (Repeal)

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Statutory Rules 1986 No. 3341

——————

Navigation (Loading and Unloading—Safety Measures) Regulations (Repeal)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated 6 November 1986.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

PETER MORRIS

Minister of State for Transport

–––––––––––

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 17 November 1986.

Repeal of Navigation (Loading and Unloading—Safety Measures) Regulations

2. Statutory Rules 1961 No. 128, Statutory Rules 1967 No. 133, Statutory Rules 1969 No. 210, Statutory Rules 1970 No. 59, Statutory Rules 1973 No. 233, Statutory Rules 1976 No. 280, Statutory Rules 1977 No. 269, Statutory Rules 1979 No. 195, Statutory Rules 1981 No. 289, Statutory Rules 1984 No. 356 and Statutory Rules 1985 No. 253 are repealed.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 November 1986.

Source text

Sourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Navigation (Loading and Unloading–Safety Measures) Regulations (Repeal)