Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Prescribed Ship—Norfolk Island) Declaration 2016 (Cth)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (PRESCRIBED SHIP — NORFOLK ISLAND) DECLARATION 2016

I, Michaelia Cash, Minister for Employment, pursuant to section 3A of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (‘the Act’), hereby declare:

1. That a ship:

   (a)which is not a ship to which paragraphs 10(a) or (b) of the Navigation Act 1912 would apply if that Act had not been repealed; and

   (b)which is not a ship to which subsections 19(1AA) or (1A) of the Act applies; and

   (c)which is a ship to which paragraph 10(c) of the Navigation Act 1912 would apply if that Act had not been repealed; and

   (d)either:

   (i)of which the majority of the crew are residents of Norfolk Island; or

   (ii)which is operated by any of the following (whether or not in association with any other person, firm or company, being a person, firm or company of any description), namely:

   (A)a person who is a resident of, or has his or her principal place of business in, Norfolk Island;

   (B)a firm that has its principal place of business in Norfolk Island; or

   (C)a company that is incorporated, or has its principal place of business, in Norfolk Island; or

   (iii) to which both (i) and (ii) apply;

   is not a prescribed ship.

2. This declaration takes effect on 1 July 2016.

3. In this declaration:

   Norfolk Island means the Territory of Norfolk Island, as described in Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Act 1979.

MICHAELIA CASH

Dated: 3 May 2016