Commercial Vessels Act 1979 Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2000 (2000-566) [GG No 121 of 15.9.2000, p 10417] (NSW)

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Commercial Vessels (Certificates of New South Wales

Competency and Safety Manning)

Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2000

under the

Commercial Vessels Act 1979

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Commercial Vessels Act 1979.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Transport

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to increase certain fees prescribed by the Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning) Regulation 1986 that are payable in respect of:

(a)	examinations for certificates of competency, and
(b)	the issue, recognition and revalidation of certificates of competency, and

(c) miscellaneous other matters. allows fees determined by or in accordance with an Act or statutory rule to be
This fee increase takes account of an annual increase in the Consumer Price Index
and, where applicable, amounts of GST that are now payable for the supply of
certain services.

As GST will now be factored into these fees, section 6 of the Intergovernmental

Published in Gazette No 121 of 15 September 2000, page 10417 Page 1
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Explanatory note

increased to account for any GST payable on the supply of the service to which the sections 30G (3) and 52 (the general regulation-making power).
fee relates) is no longer to apply to these fees.

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Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning)	Clause 1
Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2000

Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency
and Safety Manning) Amendment (Fees)
Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2000.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 October 2000.

3 Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety Manning) Regulation 1986

The Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety

Manning) Regulation 1986 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Schedule 1	Amendments
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 13 Fees

Insert after clause 13:

(2) Section 6 of the Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000 does not apply to a fee specified in Schedule 3.

[2]     Schedule 3 Fees payable in connection with certificates of competency

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 3 Fees payable in connection with

certificates of competency (Clause 13)

Part 1 Fees in respect of examinations

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Class of certificate or	Examination for which	Fee $
endorsement	fee is payable
Master Class 1, Master Class 1 (limited	All exams for the relevant	339
to sail as Chief Mate), Master Class 2,	class of certificate
Master Class 2 (limited to sail as Chief
Mate), Second Mate Class 1, Second
Mate Class 2
Master Class 3 or Master Class 3	All exams for the relevant	339
(limited to sail as Chief Mate)	class of certificate
Master Class 4 or Mate Class 4	All exams for the relevant	310
class of certificate
Master Class 5	All exams for the relevant	234
class of certificate
Coxswain	All exams for the relevant	118
class of certificate

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Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Class of certificate or	Examination for which	Fee $
endorsement	fee is payable
Marine Engineer Class 1, Marine	All exams for the relevant	339
Engineer Class 2 or Marine Engineer	class of certificate
Watchkeeper
Marine Engineer Class 3	All exams for the relevant	234
class of certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 1	All exams for the relevant	234
class of certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 2	All exams for the relevant	153
class of certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 3	All exams for the relevant	80
class of certificate
All classes mentioned above	Where a single written or	32
single oral supplementary exam is carried out for the relevant class of certificate
Certificate endorsed for either trading	Trading or fishing	80
or fishing operations	operations
Certificate endorsed for air-cushioned	Air-cushioned vessel	80
vessel operations	operations
Certificate endorsed for special	Special operations	80
operations
Certificate endorsed for refrigeration	Engineering	80
operations	knowledge—written
Engineering	80
knowledge—oral

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Schedule 1 Amendments

Part 2 Fees in respect of issue, recognition and

revalidation of certificates of competency

Column 1	Column 2
Matter for which fee is payable	Fee $
Issue of certificate under section 30H of the Act if candidate	37
for short courses) outside NSW
satisfies examination requirements (or those requirements except the Act:

(a) by endorsement of certificate 12

(b) by notice certifying validity	27
Revalidation of certificate under section 30I of the Act	80
Issue of duplicate certificate under section 30H (4) of the Act for	80
certificate lost or destroyed
Part 3 Miscellaneous fees
Column 1	Column 2
Matter for which fee is payable	Fee $
Eyesight test conducted by the Minister to satisfy medical	41
requirements for issue of certificate of competency
Re-assessment of written examination paper for issue of certificate	19
of competency
Oral examination required on seamanship or coastal local	80
knowledge in connection with certificate of competency
Application for review of Minister’s decision under clause 6 of	27
this Regulation
Record of service book	21
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Amendments Schedule 1

Column 1	Column 2
Matter for which fee is payable	Fee $
Where, at the request of applicant for examination, a person	Such
acting on behalf of the Minister attends at a place where the	reasonable fee
officer would not, except in response to the request, have been	as may be
engaged on official duties—travelling and accommodation	deemed by the
expenses incurred by the officer because of that attendance	Minister to cover some or all of those expenses and was notified to the applicant at the time of the request
Issue of certificate of competency where applicant has passed	62
examinations conducted by another marine authority
Search fee—per item	32

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