Commercial Vessels Act 1979 Commercial Vessels (Permits) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 1996 (1996-403) [GG No 99 of 30.8.1996] (NSW)

1996 No 403

New South Wales

Commercial Vessels (Permits)

Amendment (Fees) Regulation 1996

under the

Commercial Vessels Act 1979

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has approved the following Regulation made by the Minister administering the Commercial Vessels Act 1979.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Ports

Explanatory note

Section 17 of the Commercial Vessels Act 1979 states that the regulations under that Act may provide for the payment of specified fees and charges in respect of an application for a permit (authorising the use of the vessel to which it relates in prescribed waters of a class or classes specified in the permit) and investigation of the application. Section 30 of that Act provides for the payment of prescribed fees, charges and expenses before a vessel is surveyed.

prescribed under the Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986.	The object of this Regulation is to increase the fees and charges presently section 17 (payment of fees, charges and expenses in relation to permits), section 30 (fees, charges and expenses for surveys) and section 52 (the general regulation-making power) and the various sections referred to in the matter being inserted by this Regulation.
Published in Gazette No 99 of 30 August 1996, page 5246 Page 1

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Clause 1 Commercial Vessels (Permits) Amendment (Fees) Regulation 1996

Commercial Vessels (Permits) Amendment

(Fees) Regulation 1996

I, the Minister for Ports, make the following Regulation under the

Commercial Vessels Act 1979.

CARL SCULLY, M.P.,

Minister for Ports

Sydney, 28th day of August 1996.

1 Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Commercial Vessels (Permits) Amendment

(Fees) Regulation 1996.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on l September 1996.

3 Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986

The Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

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Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendment

(Clause 3)

Schedule 3

Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 3 Fees, expenses and charges

(Clause 1 4)

Part 1 —General

1 .       Replacement of a permit plate that has become lost, illegible, damaged or destroyed (section 15

(5)) ......................................................................... $52

2.        Issue of a temporary permit (section 19 (4)):

Administration fee ...........................................	$185
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for
that purpose ..............................................................	$93 per hour or part of an hour

3. for a permit and investigation of the application
(section 17) (including survey, examination,
approval of plans, witnessing position of draught
marks, witnessing of inclining tests, approval of
stability data, witnessing of vessel trials and

Work carried out in connection with an application connection with approval of plans) ........................ $93 per hour or part

of an hour

4.        Submission of application (if investigative work has

been carried out by a person accredited by the
Waterways Authority in accordance with accrediting

arrangements and if the applicant has paid to the accredited person such fees as the applicant and accredited person have agreed) .................................. $361

5.        Investigation as to whether the suspension of a permit was justified (section 22 (5)):

Administration fee .....................................................	$93
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for
that purpose ...............................................................	$93 per hour or part of an hour

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6.        Investigation as to whether the suspension of a permit should be revoked:

Administration fee .......................................... $93

In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for

that purpose ................................................... $93 per hour or part
of an hour

7.        Work carried out in respect of the survey of a vessel in accordance with its survey schedule (section 30) or with a requirement made pursuant to section 30:

For a vessel subject to a Class 1 permit ...........	$35 per metre	(or part
of a metre) of	length
of the vessel
For a vessel subject to a Class 2 permit ...........	$30 per metre	(or part
of a metre) of	length
of the vessel
For a vessel subject to a Class 3 permit ...........	$24 per metre	(or part
of a metre) of	length
of the vessel
For a vessel subject to a Class 4 permit (where

the vessel is 6 metres long or more) ................	$35 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
For a vessel subject to a Class 4 permit (where the vessel is less than 6 metres long but is not subject to an exemption from periodical survey under section 48) ...........................................	$24 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
For a vessel subject to more than one class of

permit. ............................................................ The fee applicable to
a vessel subject to the
lowest class of permit
to which the vessel is
subject (Class 1 being
the lowest class and
Class 4 being the
highest class)

8.        Issue of a Class 4 permit in respect of a vessel that is less than 6 metres long and that is subject to an exemption from periodical survey under

section 48 ......................................................... $110 (for each group of 10 vessels, or part of such a group)

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9.        Issue of a replacement survey record book (clause

10 (7)) .............................................................. $124

10.        Issue of a towage permit (clause 12):

Administration fee ........................................... $52

In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for

that purpose ................................................... $93 per hour or part
of an hour

11.        Further inspection, where a defect or deficiency has

been revealed by an inspection under section 29, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the defect or deficiency has been rectified ........................... $93 per hour or part
of an hour

12.       Further inspection subsequent to repairs following

accident damage and inspection of those repairs

under section 29 (3) ........................................... $93 per hour or part
of an hour

13.        Preliminary inspection of an existing vessel for oral

advice on survey requirements ............................. $155 (which is to be
deducted from any
subsequent application
fee in relation to the
vessel)

Part 2—Supplementary charges payable in add ition to the fees,

expenses and charges under Part 1

14.       Survey or service carried out by a surveyor outside

normal working hours ......................................... $46 per hour or part of an hour (including travelling time),

subject to a minimum

fee of $185 where the

hours are not merely
an extension of
normal working hours

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Schedule 1	Amendment
15.	applicant for a vessel permit, or of a person submitting a vessel for survey, inspection or issue of a towage permit) otherwise than at a place or

Attendance by a surveyor (at the request of an offlcial duties ...... .... ..... ............. ......... ........ Such reasonable travel

and accommodation
expenses as are
incurred by the
surveyor for the
purposes of the
attendance