Victorian Numbered Acts

MARINE (DOMESTIC COMMERCIAL VESSEL NATIONAL LAW APPLICATION) ACT 2013 (NO. 36 OF 2013) - SECT 98

After section 178 of the Transport Integration Act 2010 insert —

        " 178A     Delegation of functions by National Regulator

    (1)         Subject to subsection (2), the Director, Transport Safety by instrument may authorise any of the following persons to act as a delegate under section 58 of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law—

        (a)     a transport safety officer;

        (b)     a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 to enable the Director, Transport Safety to carry out his or her functions ;

        (c)     a consultant, contractor or agent engaged by the Director, Transport Safety.

    (2)     An authorisation under subsection (1) may be made—

        (a)     in relation to a person or class of persons specified in the instrument; or

        (b)     in relation to the holder, or the holder from time to time, of an office specified, or of each office in a class of offices specified, in the instrument.".