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the Principal Act.

Interpretation
163. Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting the definition of "Minister"; and
     (b) by inserting after the definition of "member" the following definition:
          "'Secretary' means the Secretary to the Department.".

Membership of Council
164. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) "18" and substituting "16";
     (b) by omitting paragraphs (1) (b), (ba) and (bb) and substituting the following paragraph:
          "(b) the Secretary;"; and
     (c) by omitting from paragraph (1) (d) "Confederation of Australian Industry, National Employers' Industrial Council" and substituting "Confederation of Australian Industry Industrial Council".

Substitute members
165. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting sub-section (1) and substituting the following sub-section:
"(1) The Minister or the Secretary may nominate a person to attend a meeting of the Council in the place of the Minister or the Secretary, as the case may be.".

PART XLVIII—AMENDMENTS OF NAVIGATION ACT 1912

Principal Act
166. The Navigation Act 191247 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Interpretation
167. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting after the definition of "Collector" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
          "'Commonwealth authority' means an authority or body, whether a body corporate or not, established or incorporated for a public purpose by a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory (other than the Northern Territory), and includes a body corporate incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, being a body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest;";
     (b) by omitting the definitions of "Commonwealth ship" and "consul" from sub-section (1) and substituting the following definitions:
          "'Commonwealth ship' means a ship—
              (a) that belongs to the Commonwealth or to a Commonwealth authority;
              (b) the beneficial interest in which is vested in the Commonwealth or in a Commonwealth authority; or
              (c) that is for the time being demised or sub-demised to, or in the exclusive possession of, the Commonwealth or a Commonwealth authority,
           but does not include a ship that belongs to the Australian Shipping Commission;
          "'consul' includes—
              (a) ambassador, high commissioner, commissioner or other head of mission;
              (b) minister;
              (c) chargé d'affairs; and
              (d) counsellor, secretary or attaché of an embassy or other mission;"; and
     (c) by inserting after the definition of "official log-book" in sub-section (1) the following definition:
          "'order' means an order made under this Act or in pursuance of the regulations;".

Repeal of section 175
168. Section 175 of the Principal Act is repealed.

Interpretation
     169. Section 187a of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "survey authority" and substituting the following