(1) Regulations may adopt, either wholly or in part or with modifications ¾

(a) any rules, regulations, codes, instructions or other subsidiary legislation made, determined or issued under any other Act or under any Imperial Act or Commonwealth Act; or

(b) any of the standards, rules, codes or specifications of the bodies known as the International Maritime Organization, the Standards Association of Australia, the British Standards Institution or The Association of Australian Port and Marine Authorities or of any other like body that is specified in those regulations.

(2) If regulations adopt any subsidiary legislation, standard, rule, code or specification under subsection (1), it is adopted as in force from time to time unless those regulations specify that a particular text is adopted.

(3) Regulations may provide that if by reason of unavailability of materials or for any other reason that a port authority considers valid any requirement of any subsidiary legislation or standard, rule, code or specification adopted by those regulations in accordance with subsection (1) cannot be conformed to, a port authority may approve such use of materials or other matters as it considers to be consistent with the achievement of the objects of those regulations.