Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1953. No. 68

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REGULATIONS UNDER THE NAVIGATION ACT 1912-1952.*

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Navigation Act 1912-1952.

Dated this Third

day of July , 1953.

     

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

      

Minister of State for Shipping and Transport.

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Amendments or the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations.  

Commencement.

1. These Regulations shall come into operation on the first day of August, 1953.

Report of accidents, &c.

2. Regulation 35 of the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting the word “British”; and

(b) by omitting the words “, or any foreign ship carrying passengers between ports in Australia”.

Fees and charges.

3. Regulation 38 of the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations is amended by omitting from sub-regulation (1.) the words “and shall be paid to the persons specified in that Schedule” and inserting in their stead the words “and shall be paid to the Deputy Director for the State in which the survey is made”.

Schedule ii.

4. Schedule II. to the Navigation (Survey and Equipment) Regulations is amended—

(a) by omitting paragraph 1 and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

 

“1. FEE FOR THE SURVEY OF A SHIP FOR A TWELVE MONTHS’ CERTIFICATE OF SURVEY.

(a) Steamships, motor ships, and sailing ships with auxiliary engines.

Gross registered tonnage of ship.
£	s.	d.
Sailing ships with auxiliary engines not exceeding 100 tons.....................	5	0	0
Steamships and motor ships not exceeding 100 tons................................	5	0	0

* Notified in the Commonwealth Gazette on   ,1953

 Statutory Rules, 1935, No. 107, as amended by Statutory Rules 1938, No. 32.

900.—Price 3d.  9/11.5.1953.

I. Feb for the Survey of a Ship for a Twelve Months’ Certificate of Survey—continued.

Gross registered tonnage of ship.
Steamships, motor ships and sailing ships with auxiliary engines—	£	s.	d.
Over 100 tons but not exceeding 300 tons	7	0	0
Over 300 tons but not exceeding 900 tons	8	0	0
Over 900 tons but not exceeding 1,200 tons	9	0	0
Over 1,200 tons but not exceeding 1,500 tons.........................	10	0	0
Over 1,500 tons but not exceeding 1,800 tons.........................	12	0	0
Over 1,800 tons but not exceeding 2,100 tons.........................	14	0	0
Over 2,100 tons but not exceeding 2,400 tons.........................	16	0	0
Over 2,400 tons (passenger ships)............................................	£16, plus £1 10s. for every additional 300 tons or part of 300 tons in excess of 2,400 tons
Over 2,400 tons (cargo ships)...................................................	£16, plus £1 for every additional 300 tons or part of 300 tons in excess of 2,400 tons

(b) Ships propelled by sails only.

 

Gross registered tonnage of ship.
£	s.	d.
Not exceeding 100 tons................................................................................	4	0	0
Over 100 tons but not exceeding 300 tons...................................................	4	10	0
Over 300 tons but not exceeding 900 tons...................................................	5	0	0
Over 900 tons but not exceeding 1,200 tons................................................	5	10	0
Over 1,200 tons but not exceeding 1,500 tons.............................................	6	0	0
Over 1,500 tons but not exceeding 1,800 tons.............................................	7	0	0
For every additional 300 tons or part thereof over 1,800 tons.....................	1	0	0”

(b) by omitting from paragraph 2 the words and figures “, nor, except as provided in paragraph 5 of this Schedule, less than £4” and inserting in their stead the words “or less than Five pounds”;

(c) by omitting paragraph 5;

(d) by omitting from paragraph 6 the figures “£1” (first occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds”;

(e) by omitting from paragraph 6 the figures “£1” (second occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “One pound”;

(f) by omitting paragraph 7 and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

“7. If the passenger accommodation is altered while a certificate is in force, the fee for survey shall be Two pounds.”;

(g) by omitting from paragraph 9 the figures and letter “35s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Thirty-five shillings”;

(h) by omitting paragraph 10;

(i) by inserting in paragraph 11, after the words, “Gross registered tonnage” the words “, but in no case less than Two pounds”;

(j) by omitting from paragraph 11 the figures “£1” and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds”;

(k) by omitting from the second column of the table in subparagraph (1.) of paragraph 12 the figures “1 0 0”, “2 0 0”, “3 0 0”, and “4 0 0” and inserting in their stead the figures “2 0 0”, “3 0 0”, “4 0 0” and “5 0 0”, respectively;

(l) by omitting the table in paragraph 13 and inserting in its stead the following table:—

 

“Gross registered tonnage of ship.	––
£	s.	d.
Not exceeding 500 tons.................................................................................	3	0	0
Over 500 tons but not exceeding 5,000 tons.................................................	5	0	0
Over 5,000 tons but not exceeding 10,000 tons............................................	10	0	0
Over 10,000 tons...........................................................................................	12	0	0”

 

(m) by omitting from paragraph 14 the figures “£3” and inserting in their stead the words “Four pounds”;

(n) by omitting from the second column in the table in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 16 the following figures:—

“3 0 0”, “4 0 0”, “5 0 0”, and “1 0 0” and inserting in their stead the figures “4 0 0”, “5 0 0”, “6 0 0” and “1 0 0”, respectively;

(o) by omitting from paragraph 17 the figures “1 0 0” and “2 0 0” and inserting in their stead the figures “2 0 0” and “3 0 0”, respectively;

(p) by omitting sub-paragraph (3.) of paragraph 19 and inserting in its stead the following sub-paragraph:—

“(3.) Where a survey or part of a survey (other than a survey or part of a survey of deck cargo or live stock) is performed before or after official hours, a fee for the services of each surveyor employed in the survey shall, in addition to any other fee prescribed by this Schedule, be paid in accordance with the following scale:—

(a) survey or part of a survey performed on ordinary working days commencing during official hours and continuing—
£	s.	d.
(i) after 5 p.m. but not after 11 p.m...............................................	2	2	0
(ii) after 11 p.m.............................................................................	3	3	0
(b) survey or part of a survey performed on ordinary working days commencing—
(i) after 5 p.m. but finishing before 11 p.m..................................	2	2	0
(ii) after 5 p.m. and continuing after 11 p.m.................................	3	3	0
(iii) between 11 p.m. and 0 a.m......................................................	3	3	0
(iv) after 6 a.m................................................................................	2	2	0
(c) survey or part of a survey performed on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays or commencing on an ordinary working day and extending to a Saturday or a holiday.........................................................................................	4	4	0”;

(q) by omitting from sub-paragraph (4.) of that paragraph the figures “£1” and “£3” and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds” and “Four pounds”, respectively;

(r) by omitting from paragraph 20 the figures “£1” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound”;

(s) by omitting the table in sub-paragraph (1.) of paragraph 22 and inserting in its stead the following table:—

Grain cargo to be loaded (including grain already on board).	––
£	s.	d.
Grain in bags not exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity	1	1	0
Grain in bags exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity......	2	2	0
Grain in bulk, or partly in bulk and partly in bags—
(a) not exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity..............	3	3	0
(b) exceeding one-half of ship’s deadweight cargo capacity....................	6	0	0”;

(t) by omitting from sub-paragraph (2.) of that paragraph the figures “£1” and inserting in their stead the words “One pound”;

(u) by omitting from sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 23 the figures “£1 1s.” and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds and two shillings”;

(v) by omitting from paragraph 24 the figures “1 1s.” (wherever occurring) and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds and two shillings”;

(w) by omitting from paragraph 25 the figures “£1” and inserting in their stead the words “Two pounds”;

(x) by omitting from sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 27 the figures “0 10 0” and inserting in their stead the figures “1 0 0”;

(y) by omitting from paragraph 28 the word “Five” and inserting in its stead the word “Ten”; and

(z) by omitting paragraph 30 and inserting in its stead the following paragraph:—

Definitions.

“30. For the purposes of this Schedule—

‘ordinary working days’ means all the days of a week, from Monday to Friday inclusive other than holidays;

‘official hours’ means the hours during which the office of the Deputy Director is open for public business on ordinary working days;

‘holiday’ means any day observed as a holiday in the Public Service of the Commonwealth under section 76 of the PublicServiceAct 1922-1953.”.

                 

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By Authority; L. F. Johnston, Commonwealth Government Printer, Canberra.