Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts Any regulations made
under this Act may —
(a)
adopt, either wholly or in part or with modifications and either specifically
or by reference, any rules, regulations, codes, instructions or other
subordinate legislation made, determined or issued under any other Act or
under any Act of the Parliament of the Commonwealth or the United Kingdom, or
any of the standards, rules, codes or specifications of the bodies known as
Standards Australia, the British Standards Institution, The Association of
Australian Port and Marine Authorities, or other like body specified in the
regulations; and
(b)
provide that where by reason of unavailability of materials or other reason
that the department considers valid any requirement adopted by the regulations
cannot be conformed to, the department may approve such use of materials or
other matters as it considers to be consistent with the achievement of the
objects of the regulations.
[Section 4A inserted by No. 12 of 1976
s. 14; amended by No. 74 of 2003 s. 70.]