
Statutory Rules 1982 No. 3041
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Navigation (Collision) Regulations
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 28 October 1982.
N. M. STEPHEN
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 (Collision) Regulations.
Repeal of former Navigation (Collision) Regulations
2. Statutory Rules 1977 Nos. 115 and 246, 1978 No. 158 and 1980 No. 27 are repealed.
Interpretation
3. A reference in these Regulations to Marine Orders is a reference to orders made under the Navigation (Orders) Regulations as in force from time to time.
Measures to be observed for the prevention of collisions
4. The measures to be observed for the prevention of collisions are the measures required by Marine Orders, Part 30 (Prevention of Collisions) as in force from time to time.
Lights and signals
5 The lights and signals to be provided and used on a ship are the lights and signals required by Marine Orders, Part 30 (Prevention of Collisions) as in force from time to time.
Requirements of orders to be complied with
6. A master, mate or other person concerned with the navigation, management or working of a ship shall comply with the measures required by Marine Orders,
Part 30 (Prevention of Collisions) as in force from time to time relating to the prevention of collisions and the provision and use of lights and signals.
Offence
7 A person who fails to comply with regulation 6 is guilty of an offence against these Regulations.
1 Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 5 November 1982.