1Navigation (Manning) Regulations

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Statutory Rules 1981 No. 3941

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Navigation (Manning) Regulations

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and in pursuance of section 4 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated 21 December 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

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Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Navigation (Manning) Regulations.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears, "the Act" means the Navigation Act 1912.

Prescribed principles for the purposes of sub-section 14 (1) of the Act

3. For the purposes of sub-section 14 (1) of the Act, the following principles are prescribed:

(a) the manning of the ship in accordance with the proposed order should comply with the provisions of the Act and of the Regulations and orders made under the Act;

(b) the manning of the ship in accordance with the proposed order should enable the ship to operate safely and efficiently and in a manner that is consistent with the protection of the marine environment.

NOTE

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 31 December 1981.