Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 420 1

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Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated 18 December 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

RICHARD ALSTON

Minister for Communications, the Information

Economy and the Arts

for the

Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[NOTE:  These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act  1901, s 48.]

2.   Regulation 4 (Interpretation)

2.1   Subregulation 4 (1) (definition of “authorized officer”):

Omit “Department of Transport”, substitute “Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business”.

2.2   Subregulation 4 (1) (definition of “the Secretary”):

Omit “Department of Transport.”, substitute “Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business.”.

3.   Regulation 25 (Permits to unlicensed ships to engage in coasting trade)

3.1   Subparagraph 25 (2) (c) (ii):

Omit “—to the Secretary, Department of Transport, Canberra.”, substitute “—to the Secretary, Department of Workplace Relations and Small Business, Canberra.”.

3.2   Subregulation 25 (4):

Omit the subregulation, substitute:

 “(4)A person who makes an application under subregulation (1) must pay the fee prescribed for the application.

 “(4A) The fee for an application may be paid:

• (a)

  before the application is lodged; or

• (b)

  at the time the application is lodged; or

• (c)

  after the application is lodged.

“(4B)An amount that a person is liable to pay under subregulation (4) is recoverable as a debt due to the Commonwealth.”.

3.3   Subparagraph 25 (5) (b) (i):

Omit “$403”, substitute “$200”.

3.4   Subparagraph 25 (5) (b) (ii):

Omit “$806”, substitute “$400”.

3.5   Paragraph 25 (5) (c):

Omit “$2,000”, substitute “$400”.

4.   The First Schedule

4.1   Form 3:

Omit “Minister for Transport” (twice occurring), substitute “Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business”.

4.2   Form 4:

Omit “Delegate of the Minister for Transport”, substitute “Delegate of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business”.

4.3   Form 7:

Omit “Delegate of the Minister for Transport”, substitute “Delegate of the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 24 December 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1937 No. 104 as amended by 1938 No. 78; 1940 No. 97; 1941 Nos. 5 and 23; 1942 Nos. 209 and 520; 1944 No. 133; 1945 No. 39; 1947 No. 30; 1948 No. 112; 1950 No. 90; 1953 No. 80; 1954 No. 39; 1963 No. 97; 1971 No. 63; 1974 No. 83; 1975 No. 114; 1978 No. 133; 1979 No. 202; 1981 No. 368; 1985 No. 254; 1986 No. 270; 1987 No. 229; 1988 No. 239; 1989 No. 381; 1990 No. 314; 1991 No. 411.