Statutory Rules 1980 No. 345

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Navigation (Orders) 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 November 1980.

 ZELMAN COWEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

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 Minister may make orders

 1. Regulation 3 of the Navigation (Orders) Regulations is amended—

 (a) by omitting from sub-paragraph (vi) of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “and” (last occurring);

 (b) by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) “and” (last occurring);

 (c) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) the following word and sub-paragraph:

 “and (viii) the fixing of fees to be paid in respect of any matters under orders made               in pursuance of these Regulations; and”; and

 (d) by omitting sub-regulation (2).

 2. The Navigation (Orders) Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following regulation:

 Offences

 “4. Where an order made under or in force by virtue of these Regulations provides that the order or a provision of the order is a penal provision, a person who contravenes or fails to comply with that order or provision, as the case may be, is guilty of an offence and is punishable, upon conviction, by a fine not exceeding $500 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 3 months, or both such fine and imprisonment.”.

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 4 December 1980.

2. Statutory Rules 1980 No. 135.