Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1981 No. 2901

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Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912.

Dated 27 September 1981.

ZELMAN COWEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency's Command,

RALPH J. HUNT

Minister of State for Transport

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Commencement

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 October 1981.

Interpretation

2. Regulation 5 of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is amended by inserting after the definition of "maximum permissible stress" in sub-regulation (1) the following definition:

"'naval architect' means an officer of the Department of Transport appointed by the Minister to be a naval architect for the purposes of these Regulations;".

Loading stress and stability information

3. Regulation 40 of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-regulation (1) "sufficient information, in an approved form" and substituting "such information relating to the loading stress and stability of the ship as is approved by a naval architect";

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (4) "a fee of $380 is payable." and substituting "a fee is payable determined in accordance with the following table:

Column 1	Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship	Fee
$
Under 50 tons..........................................................................................................................	253
50 tons or over but under 100 tons......................................................................................	407
100 tons or over but under 500 tons...................................................................................	567
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons................................................................................	647
1,000 tons or over but under 2,000 tons.............................................................................	727
2,000 tons or over...................................................................................................................	800

";

and

(c) by inserting at the end thereof the following sub-regulations:

"(5) Subject to sub-regulation (6), where a naval architect undertakes an examination in respect of approval of information relating to the stability of a ship for the purposes of sub-regulation (1), a fee is payable in respect of that examination, determined in accordance with the following table:

Column 1	Column 2
Gross tonnage of ship	Fee
$
Under 50 tons..........................................................................................................................	125
50 tons or over but under 100 tons......................................................................................	200
100 tons or over but under 500 tons...................................................................................	300
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons................................................................................	350
1,000 tons or over but under 2,000 tons.............................................................................	400
2,000 tons or over...................................................................................................................	500

"(6) Where information is required to be submitted more than twice for examination in respect of the same approval of information relating to the stability of a ship, the fee payable for each examination after the second, for the purposes of approval under sub-regulation (1), is half of the fee prescribed under sub-regulation (5), having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.".

Fees

4. Regulation 98 of the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting sub-regulations (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) and substituting the following sub-regulations:

"(1) In this regulation 'inspection or 'survey' means an inspection or survey, as the case may be, by a surveyor who holds an office in the Department of Transport.

"(2) The fee payable for an initial survey for a load line certificate under these Regulations of a passenger or cargo ship not holding or under survey for—

(a) a certificate of survey for a passenger ship;

(b) a certificate of survey for a cargo ship;

(c) a passenger ship safety certificate;

(d) a cargo ship safety construction certificate;

(e) a nuclear passenger ship safety certificate;

(f) a nuclear cargo ship safety certificate; or

(g) a classification certificate,

is two-thirds of the fee payable, having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship, for the issue of a certificate of survey for a passenger ship or a certificate of survey for a cargo ship, as the case requires.

"(3) The fee payable for a periodical survey under these Regulations of a ship referred to in sub-regulation (2) is two-thirds of the fee prescribed under that sub-regulation, having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.

"(4) The fee payable for a periodical inspection under these Regulations of a ship referred to in sub-regulation (2) is one-sixth of the fee prescribed under that sub-regulation, having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship.

"(5) The fee payable for an initial survey, a periodical survey, or a periodical inspection, under these Regulations, of a ship—

(a) holding—

(i) a certificate of survey for a passenger ship;

(ii) a certificate of survey for a cargo ship;

(iii) a passenger ship safety certificate;

(iv) a cargo ship safety construction certificate;

(v) a nuclear passenger ship safety certificate; or

(vi) a nuclear cargo ship safety certificate; or

(b) that is a classed ship holding—

(i) a certificate of equipment; or

(ii) a cargo ship safety equipment certificate,

is a fee determined in accordance with the following table:

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3	Column 4
Gross tonnage of ship	Fee for initial survey	Fee for periodical survey	Fee for periodical inspection
$	$	$
Under 50 tons..................................................................	1,080	720	180
50 tons or over but under 100 tons..............................	1,560	1,040	260
100 tons or over but under 500 tons...........................	3,300	2,200	550
500 tons or over but under 1,000 tons........................	4,500	3,000	750
1,000 tons or over...........................................................	6,000	4,000	1,000

 

"(6) Where, concurrently with an annual survey inspection under Part III of the Navigation (Survey) Regulations, in respect of which a fee is charged, a periodical inspection of a ship referred to in sub-regulation (5) is carried out, a fee is not payable for that periodical inspection of the ship.";

(b) by omitting from sub-regulation (8) "that ascertained from column 2 of Schedule 5 having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship" and substituting "half of the fee prescribed in column 3 of the table in sub-regulation (5), having regard to the gross tonnage of the ship";

(c) by omitting sub-regulation (11);

(d) by omitting from sub-regulation (12) "$24" and substituting "$48";

(e) by omitting from paragraph 13 (a) "$64" and substituting "$160";

(f) by omitting from paragraph 13 (b) "$52" and substituting "$130";

(g) by omitting from paragraph 13 (c) "$28" and substituting "$70";

(h) by omitting from paragraph 14 (a) "$32" and substituting "$80";

(i) by omitting from paragraph 14 (b) "$28" and substituting "$70"; (j) by omitting from paragraph 14 (c) "$16" and substituting "$40"; (k) by omitting from sub-regulation (16) "$24" and substituting "$60"; (1) by omitting from sub-regulation (16) "$96" and substituting "$240"; (m) by omitting from sub-regulation (19) "registered";

(n) by omitting sub-regulation (20); and

(o) by omitting from sub-regulation (21) "or the survey authority, as the case may be".

Schedule 5

5. Schedule 5 to the Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations is repealed.

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 30 September 1981.

2. Statutory Rules 1968 No. 126 as amended by 1970 No. 187; 1975 No. 110; 1976 No. 281; 1977 Nos. 225 and 270; 1978 Nos. 132 and 249; 1979 No. 196.