Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for securing the good government of the Navy, or for carrying out or giving effect to this Act, and in particular prescribing matters for or in relation to:
(a) the good government of naval establishments;
(b) the discipline of persons (not being defence members or defence civilians within the meaning of the Defence Force Discipline Act 1982 ) employed in or in connexion with naval establishments;
(c) the regulation and control of shipping in time of war or for the purposes of any naval operation or practice;
(d) the fixing of charter rates and establishment charges in respect of ships requisitioned for naval purposes; and
(e) the imposition of penalties, not exceeding a fine of $2,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months, or both, for offences against the regulations.
(3) The power to make regulations contained in this section is in addition to any power to make regulations contained in the Defence Act.