Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) 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
rules or regulations;
(b)
incorporate by reference, with or without modification, all or any of the
provisions of the Uniform Shipping Laws Code adopted by the Marine and Ports
Council of Australia; and
(c)
provide that where by reason of unavailability of materials or other reason
that the chief executive officer considers valid any requirement adopted by
the rules or regulations cannot be conformed to, the chief executive officer
may approve such use of materials or other matters as he considers to be
consistent with the achievement of the objects of the rules or regulations.
(2) The production of
a printed document purporting to be a copy of or extract from the Commonwealth
of Australia Gazette containing the Uniform Shipping Laws Code or any part of
that Code shall be evidence that the document is a copy of the Uniform
Shipping Laws Code or a part of that Code (as the case may be) and that the
document has been adopted by the Marine and Ports Council of Australia.
[Section 115 amended by No. 35 of 1990
s. 21; No. 74 of 2003 s. 130.]