NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1982 NO. 15 

NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1982 NO. 15 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Commencement  
2. Interpretation  
3. Passage on ships other than Australian ships  
4. Recovery of expenses incurred by the Commonwealth  
5. The Schedule  


1982 No. 15 NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 1
Commencement


  1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 26 January 1982.


1982 No. 15 NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 2
Interpretation


  2. Regulation 2 of the Navigation (Distressed Seamen) Regulations is amended
by omitting "Navigation Act 1912-1966" from the definition of "the Act" in
sub-regulation (1) and substituting "Navigation Act 1912".


1982 No. 15 NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 3
Passage on ships other than Australian ships


  3. Regulation 11 of the Navigation (Distressed Seamen) Regulations is
amended by omitting sub-regulation (1) and substituting the following
sub-regulation:
  "(1) If it is not possible to arrange for a passage for a distressed seaman
on a ship registered in Australia, a proper authority may, subject to these
Regulations, arrange for a passage for the seaman on any other ship to which
Part II of the Act applies or, if a passage cannot be arranged on such a ship,
on any other ship.".


1982 No. 15 NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 4
Recovery of expenses incurred by the Commonwealth


  4. Regulation 18 of the Navigation (Distressed Seamen) Regulations is
amended by omitting from paragraph (6) (b) "to a person not being a British
subject".


1982 No. 15 NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
- REG 5
The Schedule


  5. The Schedule to the Navigation (Distressed Seamen) Regulations is amended
-
  (a) by omitting from Form 1 "Port of registry" and substituting "Home
port";
  (b) by omitting from Form 3 "Port of Registry" and substituting "Home
port";
  (c) by omitting from Form 3 "Port of registry" and substituting "Home port
or Port of registry"; and
  (d) by omitting from Form 4 "Port of registry" and substituting "Home port".


- NOTES


1982 No. 15*1* NAVIGATION (DISTRESSED SEAMEN) REGULATIONS*2* (AMENDMENT)



*1*. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 January 1982.
*2*. Statutory Rules 1967 No. 89.