NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1982 NO. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1982 NO. 8 - TABLE OF PROVISIONS 1. Commencement 2. General Register of Seamen 3. Fees, engagement and discharge 4. Objections to fines 5. 6. Travelling expenses 7. Schedule 2 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 1 Commencement 1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 February 1982. 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 2 General Register of Seamen 2. Regulation 4 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by inserting after paragraph (2) (a) the following paragraphs: "(ab) becomes a member of the crew of; (ac) in pursuance of articles of agreement, ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of;". 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 3 Fees, engagement and discharge 3. Regulation 9 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (b). 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 4 Objections to fines 4. Regulation 16 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting paragraph (1) (c) and substituting the following paragraph: "(c) the prescribed ports are Sydney, Newcastle, Port Kembla, Botany Bay, Melbourne, Geelong, Westernport, Brisbane, Gladstone, Bundaberg, Rockhampton, Port Adelaide, Port Stanvac, Wallaroo, Whyalla, Fremantle, Broome, Dampier, Derby, Port Hedland, Port Walcott, Hobart, Devonport, Burnie and Darwin.". 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 5 5. After regulation 19 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations the following regulation is inserted: Investment of moneys of deceased seamen "19A. For the purposes of sub-section 156 (3) of the Act, moneys to which sub-section 156 (1) of the Act applies may be invested- (a) on deposit with the Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia, being the bank continued in existence by the Commonwealth Banks Act 1959; and (b) in securities issued by the Commonwealth.". 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 6 Travelling expenses 6. Regulation 33 of the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended by omitting "outside ordinary official hours,". 1982 No. 8 NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) - REG 7 Schedule 2 7. Schedule 2 to the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations is amended- (a) by omitting from Form 3 "TRADE" and substituting "DESCRIPTION OF VOYAGE"; (b) by omitting from paragraph 7 of Part II of Form 3 "shall" and substituting "may"; (c) by inserting after paragraph 7 of Part II of Form 3 the following paragraphs: "7A. A seaman who is temporarily absent from the ship in accordance with the terms of an award or agreement relating to his service as a seaman shall cease temporarily to be a member of the crew of the ship. 7B. A seaman who ceases temporarily to be a member of the crew of the ship by virtue of paragraph 7A- (a) shall, as soon as practicable, leave the ship; and (b) shall rejoin the ship in the manner, and at the time and place, directed by the master or owner. 7C. Where a seaman, without reasonable cause, refuses or fails to rejoin a ship in accordance with a direction given in pursuance of paragraph 7B, the master shall report the fact to a superintendent."; (d) by inserting after Part III of Form 3 the following Part: "PART IIIA-DETAILS OF, AND DETAILS OF CHANGES IN, THE CREW ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Seaman's Date and place Date and place reference became a ceased to be a number in Name of member of the member of the Part II seaman crew Attestation crew Reason Attestation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- (e) by omitting from Form 5 "Sections 61 and 67" and substituting "Section 61"; (f) by omitting from Form 5 "Trade" and substituting "Description of Voyage"; (g) by omitting from Form 5- "----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Place of Date of Engagement Place of Engagement Discharge Discharge ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------" and substituting- "----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date of Place of Date of Engagement Place of Engagement Discharge Discharge ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Sea Service ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Date became member Date ceased to be of crew of ship member of crew of ship ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------"; (h) by omitting from Form 5- "COPY OF MASTER'S REPORT (To be completed if the seaman so desires) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Qualifications ------------------------------------------------ Efficiency as a Boathand Character and Conduct General (where applicable) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------"; (i) by omitting from Form 7 "Trade" and substituting "Description of Voyage"; (j) by omitting from Form 9 "Trade" and substituting "Description of Voyage"; (k) by omitting from Form 12 "Trade" and substituting "Description of Voyage"; and (l) by omitting from Form 14 "Trade" and substituting "Description of Voyage". - NOTES 1982 No. 8*1* NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT) *1* Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 January 1982. *2* Statutory Rules 1963 No. 102 as amended by 1964 No. 8; 1965 No. 111; 1967 No. 90; 1968 No. 117; 1974 No. 83; 1975 Nos. 111 and 114; 1976 No. 282; 1977 Nos. 228 and 271; 1979 No. 197; 1981 Nos. 291 and 397; 1982 No. 7.