Statutory Rules 1981 No. 287

Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations2 (Amendment)

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 27 September 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1981.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of “live stock” the following definition:

“Live stock capacity plan” means a plan for the loading, storage and carriage of live stock in a ship;”.

Notice of intention to load live stock or deck cargo

3. Regulation 6 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations is amended by omitting sub-regulation (5) and substituting the following sub-regulation:

“(5) Subject to sub-regulations (6) and (8), there is payable in respect of an inspection under sub-regulation (4)—

(a) for the first visit by a surveyor—a fee of $120; and

(b) for each subsequent visit by a surveyor—a fee of $60.”.

4. After regulation 6 of the Navigation (Deck Cargo and Live Stock) Regulations the following regulation is inserted:

Approval of live stock capacity plan

“6a. Where a surveyor appointed under the Navigation Act 1912 undertakes an examination for purposes of any approval, for the purposes of these Regulations, of the live stock capacity plan of a ship, a fee of $600 is payable in respect of that examination.”

notes

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1926 No. 89 as amended by 1926 No. 155; 1927 No. 90; 1930 No. 127; 1934 No. 119; 1948 No. 20; 1959 No. 47; 1963 No. 97; 1976 No. 276; 1977 No. 264; 1978 No. 129; 1979 No. 192; 1980 No. 79.