Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002 (NSW)

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2002 No 750

New South Wales

Commercial Vessels Amendment

(Fees) Regulation 2002

under the

Commercial Vessels Act 1979

Her 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 Transport

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)

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

(i)	examinations for certificates of competency, and
(ii)	the issue, recognition and revalidation of certificates of competency, and
(iii)	miscellaneous other matters, and

(b)

to increase certain fees, charges and expenses prescribed by the Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986 for:

(i)	applications for permits under the Commercial Vessels Act 1979, and
(ii)	investigations of those applications, and
(iii)	miscellaneous other matters, and

(c)

to increase certain fees prescribed by the Commercial Vessels (Load Lines) Regulation 1986 for:

(i)	an initial survey and the issue of a line certificate, and
(ii)	an initial survey and the issue of a line exemption certificate, and
(iii)	a periodical survey, and
(iv)	a periodical inspection.

Published in Gazette No 170 of 11 October 2002, page 8680

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002
Explanatory note

Generally, these fee increases take account of the annual increase in the Consumer Price
Index.

Under the Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986, there is no longer a fee for the 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 of the Commercial Vessels Act 1979.

This Regulation is made under the Commercial Vessels Act 1979, including sections 17, 30, 30G (3), 38 and 52 (the general regulation-making power) and those other sections referred to in this Regulation.

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Clause 1

Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation

2002

under the

Commercial Vessels Act 1979

1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees)
Regulation 2002.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2002.

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 Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986
The Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.

5 Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Load Lines) Regulation 1986
The Commercial Vessels (Load Lines) Regulation 1986 is amended as set out in Schedule 3.

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Schedule 1

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

Schedule 1

Amendment of Commercial Vessels
(Certificates of Competency and Safety

Manning) Regulation 1986

(Clause 3)

Schedule 3
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 is Fee $
endorsement payable
Master Class 1, Master Class 1 All exams for the relevant class of 361
(limited to sail as Chief Mate), certificate

Master Class 2, Master Class 2 (limited to sail as Chief Mate), Second Mate Class 1, Second Mate Class 2
Master Class 3 or Master Class All exams for the relevant class of 361
3 (limited to sail as Chief Mate) certificate
Master Class 4 or Mate Class 4 All exams for the relevant class of 331
certificate
Master Class 5 All exams for the relevant class of 250
certificate
Coxswain All exams for the relevant class of 126
certificate

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety	Schedule 1
Manning) Regulation 1986

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Class of certificate or Examination for which fee is Fee $
endorsement payable
Marine Engineer Class 1, All exams for the relevant class of 361
Marine Engineer Class 2 or certificate
Marine Engineer Watchkeeper
Marine Engineer Class 3 All exams for the relevant class of 250
certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 1 All exams for the relevant class of 250
certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 2 All exams for the relevant class of 163
certificate
Marine Engine Driver Grade 3 All exams for the relevant class of 86
certificate
All classes mentioned above Where a single written or single 35
oral supplementary exam is carried
out for the relevant class of
certificate
Certificate endorsed for either Trading or fishing operations 86
trading or fishing operations
Certificate endorsed for air- Air-cushioned vessel operations 86
cushioned vessel operations
Certificate endorsed for special Special operations 86
operations
Certificate endorsed for Engineering knowledge—written 86
refrigeration operations
Engineering knowledge—oral 86

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Schedule 1

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

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 the candidate 40
satisfies examination requirements (or those requirements except
for short courses) outside NSW

Recognition of certificates of other States etc under section 30L of the Act:

(a) by endorsement of certificate 14
(b) by notice certifying validity 29

Revalidation of certificate under section 30I of the Act 86
Issue of duplicate certificate under section 30H (4) of the Act for 86
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 44
requirements for issue of certificate of competency
Re-assessment of written examination paper for issue of 21
certificate of competency
Oral examination required on seamanship or coastal local 86
knowledge in connection with certificate of competency
Application for review of the Minister’s decision under clause 6 29
of this Regulation

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Certificates of Competency and Safety	Schedule 1
Manning) Regulation 1986

Column 1 Column 2
Matter for which fee is payable Fee $
Record of service book 23
Where, at the request of the 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 the applicant has passed 66
examinations conducted by another marine authority
Search fee—per item 35

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Schedule 2

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986

Schedule 2

Amendment of Commercial Vessels

(Permits) Regulation 1986

(Clause 4)

Schedule 3
Omit the Schedule. Insert instead:

Schedule 3 Fees, expenses and charges

(Clause 14)

Part 1 General

1 Replacement of a permit plate that has become lost, $64
illegible, damaged or destroyed (section 15 (5) of the
Act)
2 Investigation as to whether conditions should be $228
imposed on a deemed temporary permit (but only
where conditions are imposed under section 19 (3) (b)
of the Act):
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for that $115 per hour or
purpose part of an hour
3 Work carried out in connection with:

(a)

an application for a permit and investigation of the application (including survey, examination, approval of plans, witnessing position of draught marks, witnessing of inclining tests, approval of stability data, witnessing of vessel trials and examination of information in connection with approval of plans), or

(b)

an application for approval of prototype vessel plans:

For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length

$118 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986

Schedule 2

For a vessel more than 7.5 metres in length $245 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
4 Work carried out in connection with an application for a permit in respect of a vessel of a design or production run for which a prototype approval has previously been issued:

For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length $61 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
For a vessel more than 7.5 metres in length $115 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
5

Work associated with the repeated re-examination of $115 per hour or
vessel survey plans part of an hour
6

Investigation as to whether the suspension of a permit $115
was justified (section 22 (5) of the Act):

In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for that $115 per hour or
purpose part of an hour
7 Work carried out in respect of the survey of a vessel in accordance with its survey schedule (section 30 of the Act):

For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length

$40 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
For a vessel that is more than 7.5 metres in length but $59 per metre (or

less than or equal to 15 metres in length

part of a metre) of length of the vessel

For a vessel that is more than 15 metres in length

$71 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Schedule 2

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986

8 Issue of a replacement survey record book (clause 10 $154
(7))
9 Issue of a towage permit (clause 12): $59
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for that $115 per hour or
purpose part of an hour
10 Inspection, where a defect or deficiency has been $115 per hour or
revealed by an inspection under section 28 of the Act, part of an hour
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the defect or
deficiency has been rectified
11 Inspection subsequent to repairs following accident $115 per hour or
damage (section 29 (3) of the Act) part of an hour
12 Preliminary inspection of an existing vessel for oral $192 (which is to be
advice on survey requirements deducted from any
subsequent
application fee in
relation to the
vessel)
13 Conversion of a deemed temporary permit to a New $115 per metre
South Wales permit (section 20 of the Act)
14 Reinstatement of suspended permits $115
15 Resurvey of vessel with cancelled survey permit:

For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length

$61 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

For a vessel more than 7.5 metres in length

$115 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Permits) Regulation 1986

Schedule 2

Part 2 Supplementary charges payable in
addition to the fees, expenses and charges
under Part 1

16 Survey or service carried out by a surveyor outside $57 per hour or part of
normal working hours an hour (including
travelling time),
subject to a minimum
fee of $223 where the
hours are not merely
an extension of
normal working hours
17 Attendance by a surveyor (at the request of an Such reasonable travel
applicant for a vessel permit, or of a person and accommodation
submitting a vessel for inspection or the issue of a expenses as are
towage permit) otherwise than at a place or time at incurred by the
which the surveyor is normally engaged in official surveyor for the
duties purposes of the
attendance

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Commercial Vessels Amendment (Fees) Regulation 2002

Schedule 3

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Load Lines) Regulation 1986

Schedule 3

Amendment of Commercial Vessels (Load

Lines) Regulation 1986

(Clause 5)

Schedule 2 Fees
Omit Items 1–4 from the Schedule. Insert instead:

1 Initial survey and issue of load line certificate 267
2 Initial survey and issue of load line exemption certificate 267
3 Periodical survey 267
4 Periodical inspection 89

BY AUTHORITY

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Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Class of certificate or	Examination for which fee is	Fee $
endorsement	payable
Master Class 1, Master Class 1	All exams for the relevant class of	361
(limited to sail as Chief Mate),	certificate
Master Class 2, Master Class 2 (limited to sail as Chief Mate), Second Mate Class 1, Second Mate Class 2
Master Class 3 or Master Class	All exams for the relevant class of	361
3 (limited to sail as Chief Mate)	certificate
Master Class 4 or Mate Class 4	All exams for the relevant class of	331
certificate
Master Class 5	All exams for the relevant class of	250
certificate
Coxswain	All exams for the relevant class of	126
certificate

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 the candidate	40
satisfies examination requirements (or those requirements except for short courses) outside NSW
Recognition of certificates of other States etc under section 30L of the Act:

(a)	by endorsement of certificate	14
(b)	by notice certifying validity	29

Revalidation of certificate under section 30I of the Act	86
Issue of duplicate certificate under section 30H (4) of the Act for	86
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	44
requirements for issue of certificate of competency
Re-assessment of written examination paper for issue of	21
certificate of competency
Oral examination required on seamanship or coastal local	86
knowledge in connection with certificate of competency
Application for review of the Minister’s decision under clause 6	29
of this Regulation

1	Replacement of a permit plate that has become lost,	$64
illegible, damaged or destroyed (section 15 (5) of the Act)
2	Investigation as to whether conditions should be	$228
imposed on a deemed temporary permit (but only where conditions are imposed under section 19 (3) (b) of the Act):
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for that	$115 per hour or
purpose	part of an hour
3	Work carried out in connection with:

(a)	an application for a permit and investigation of the application (including survey, examination, approval of plans, witnessing position of draught marks, witnessing of inclining tests, approval of stability data, witnessing of vessel trials and examination of information in connection with approval of plans), or
(b)	an application for approval of prototype vessel plans:
For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length	$118 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

8	Issue of a replacement survey record book (clause 10	$154
(7))
9	Issue of a towage permit (clause 12):	$59
In addition, for any inspection of a vessel for that	$115 per hour or
purpose	part of an hour
10	Inspection, where a defect or deficiency has been	$115 per hour or
revealed by an inspection under section 28 of the Act,	part of an hour
for the purpose of ascertaining whether the defect or deficiency has been rectified
11	Inspection subsequent to repairs following accident	$115 per hour or
damage (section 29 (3) of the Act)	part of an hour
12	Preliminary inspection of an existing vessel for oral	$192 (which is to be
advice on survey requirements	deducted from any subsequent application fee in relation to the vessel)
13	Conversion of a deemed temporary permit to a New	$115 per metre
South Wales permit (section 20 of the Act)
14	Reinstatement of suspended permits	$115
15	Resurvey of vessel with cancelled survey permit:
For a vessel less than or equal to 7.5 metres in length	$61 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel
For a vessel more than 7.5 metres in length	$115 per metre (or part of a metre) of length of the vessel

16	Survey or service carried out by a surveyor outside	$57 per hour or part of
normal working hours	an hour (including travelling time), subject to a minimum fee of $223 where the hours are not merely an extension of normal working hours
17	Attendance by a surveyor (at the request of an	Such reasonable travel
applicant for a vessel permit, or of a person	and accommodation
submitting a vessel for inspection or the issue of a	expenses as are
towage permit) otherwise than at a place or time at	incurred by the
which the surveyor is normally engaged in official	surveyor for the
duties	purposes of the attendance

1	Initial survey and issue of load line certificate	267
2	Initial survey and issue of load line exemption certificate	267
3	Periodical survey	267
4	Periodical inspection	89