Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00673:section:83:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00673
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 83 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 156782–159528

83  Regulations
 (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.
 (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may make provision for and in relation to the following:
 (a) the form and manner in which, and the time within which, applications under this Act are to be made;
 (b) the documents (including statutory declarations) and information to be furnished by applicants in connection with, or in support of, applications under this Act;
 (c) the keeping of the Registers and copies of the Registers, or a part or parts of the Registers;
 (d) the entries to be made in the Registers;
 (e) the form and manner in which, and the time within which, documents and information are to be lodged, including provision empowering the Registrar:
 (i) to direct a person who has lodged, or is seeking to lodge, any document or information to do such things as are necessary to ensure that it is in accordance with the requirements of this Act; and
 (ii) to treat any document or information as not having been lodged until it is in accordance with the requirements of this Act; and
 (iii) to refuse applications if the documents or information to be lodged in connection with, or in support of, applications are not lodged in the form and manner, or within the time, prescribed by the regulations; and
 (iv) upon application, to extend the time for lodging documents or information;
 (ea) if the regulations require a document to be lodged with, or produced to, the Registrar or a proper officer and to be signed by a person—how the signing requirement is met (which may include a witnessing requirement);
 (f) the registration (whether by way of entry in the General Register or International Register or otherwise) of documents and information;
 (g) the re‑registration of ships entitled to be registered, the registration of which under this Act, or under the previous law, has been closed;
 (h) the registration of Government ships;
 (j) the closure of the registration of ships;
 (k) the qualifications required of, and other requirements relating to, registered agents;
 (l) the verification, by statutory declaration, of information and documents required for the purposes of this Act;
 (m) the retention or return by the Registrar of documents lodged in accordance with this Act;
 (n) the selection and change of home ports for registered ships, including providing for the Authority to determine the ports that may be selected as home ports for registered ships;
 (o) the matters to be recorded or endorsed on registration