Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Special Account) Certificate 2017 (Cth)

Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Special Account) Certificate 2017

I, George Brandis QC, Attorney‑General, make the following certificate.

Dated   21 March 2017

George Brandis QC

Attorney‑General

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Definitions..................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Statement of reasons for issue of certificate................................................................... 1

6............ Deferral of sunsetting of the Special Account Determination........................................ 2

7............ Repeal of this instrument............................................................................................... 2

1  Name

This instrument is the Legislation (Deferral of Sunsetting—Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Special Account) Certificate 2017.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	24 March 2017

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under paragraph 51(1)(c) of the Legislation Act 2003.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Legislation Act means the Legislation Act 2003.

Special Account Determination means the Financial Management and Accountability (Establishment of Special Account) Determination 2002/06.

5  Statement of reasons for issue of certificate

For the purposes of paragraph 51(2)(a) of the Legislation Act, this section sets out the statement of the reasons for the issue of this certificate.

Statement of reasons

I am satisfied that the Special Account Determination would, apart from the operation of Part 4 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act, be likely to cease to be in force within 12 months after the sunsetting day for the Special Account Determination.

The Special Account Determination establishes the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Account, which is used to manage levies collected under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Act 1992.

There is a Bill currently before Parliament that will repeal the Special Account Determination and continue in existence the special account established by that determination as the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Special Account. The Bill is expected to pass Parliament in 2017.

The Special Account Determination is due to sunset on 1 April 2017. A 12 month deferral of the sunsetting date for the Special Account Determination will avoid the need to remake it in its current form for the short period before the Bill commences.

6  Deferral of sunsetting of the Special Account Determination

The Special Account Determination, for which the sunsetting day is 1 April 2017, is taken to cease to be in force under section 51 of the Legislation Act on 1 April 2018.

7  Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the start of 2 April 2018.