Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Act 2012 (Cth)
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
This Act may be cited as the
Shipping Registration Amendment (Australian International Shipping Register) Act 2012 .
(1) Each provision of this Act 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.
Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 21 June 2012 |
Schedules 1, 2 and 3 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 4, items 1 to 5 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 4, items 6 to 12 | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | 21 June 2012 |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Insert:
Australian General Shipping Register means the Register referred to in subsection 56(1).
Insert:
Australian International Shipping Register means the Register referred to in subsection 56(2).
Insert:
Australian resident : seeresident of Australia .
Insert:
fixed fee , in respect of a matter, means a fee determined by the Authority under section 47 of theAustralian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 in respect of the matter.
Insert:
General Register means the Australian General Shipping Register.
Insert:
International Register means the Australian International Shipping Register.
Insert:
predominantly used to engage in international trading : a ship ispredominantly used to engage in international trading if, in a calendar year, the percentage of the time that the ship is used to engage in international trading exceeds the percentage of the time that the ship is used to engage in coastal trading or intra‑State trading.
Repeal the definition.
Repeal the definition, substitute:
registered means registered under this Act in:
(a) the General Register; or
(b) the International Register.
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Subsection 3(1) (definition of registered agent ) Repeal the definition, substitute:
registered agent , in relation to a ship that is registered in the General Register or International Register, means the person whose name and address are entered in the relevant register in respect of that ship under section 64.
Insert:
Registers means:
(a) the General Register; and
(b) the International Register.
Insert:
relevant register , in relation to a ship, means:
(a) if the ship is, or is to be, registered in the General Register—the General Register; and
(b) if the ship is, or is to be, registered in the International Register—the International Register.
Insert:
resident of Australia orAustralian resident means an individual:
(a) whose permanent place of abode is in Australia, whether or not he or she is from time to time temporarily absent from Australia; or
(b) whose domicile is in Australia, unless his or her permanent place of abode is outside Australia.
Insert:
ship entitled to be registered means:
(a) a ship that is required to be registered; or
(b) a ship that is permitted to be registered.
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Subsection 3(1) (at the end of the definition of ship permitted to be registered ) Add “or 15B”.
Insert:
surveyor has the same meaning as in the Navigation Act.
Insert:
trading ship means a ship for use in connection with a commercial activity, but does not include:
(a) a Government ship; or
(b) a fishing vessel; or
(c) a pleasure craft.
Example: An example of a trading ship is a ship that is used wholly for the carriage of passengers or cargo for hire or reward.
Repeal the subsections.
Insert:
If the registration of a ship is closed or cancelled under this Act, the ship ceases to be registered.
After “paragraph 14(a), (b) or (c)”, insert “or 15B(a), (b) or (c)”.
Insert:
Insert:
(3B) The owner does not commit an offence against subsection (3), and the ship may not be detained under that subsection, if:
(a) the owner has made an application in accordance with section 15 or 15C to register the ship; and
(b) the Registrar has not made a decision on the application about whether to register the ship under section 15E or subsection 15F(1).
(3C) The owner does not commit an offence against subsection (3), and the ship may not be detained under that subsection, if:
(a) the owner has made an application in accordance with section 15C to register the ship in the International Register; and
(b) the Registrar has made a decision not to register the ship under subsection 15F(1); and
(c) either:
(i) the Registrar has not notified the owner of the decision; or
(ii) the owner has made an application under section 78A for review of the Registrar’s decision, and a decision has not been made on the application.
(3D) The owner does not commit an offence against subsection (3), and the ship may not be detained under that subsection, if:
(a) the Registrar has made a decision to cancel the registration of the ship under section 33B; and
(b) either:
(i) the Registrar has not notified the owner of the decision; or
(ii) the owner has made an application under section 78A for review of the Registrar’s decision, and a decision has not been made on the application.
Insert:
Repeal the sections, substitute:
The following ships may be registered in the General Register:
(a) Australian‑owned ships;
(b) small craft that are wholly owned by Australian residents, or by Australian residents and Australian nationals;
(c) small craft that are operated solely by Australian residents, or by Australian nationals, or by both;
(d) ships that are on demise charter to Australian‑based operators.
An application to register a ship in the General Register must:
(a) be made in accordance with the regulations; and
(b) be accompanied by the fixed fee (if any) for the application.
Insert:
The objects of the International Register are to:
(a) facilitate Australian participation in international trade; and
(b) provide an internationally competitive register to facilitate the long term growth of the Australian shipping industry; and
(c) promote the enhancement and viability of the Australian maritime skills base and the Australian shipping industry.
The following ships may be registered in the International Register if they are at least 24 metres in tonnage length:
(a) trading ships that are Australian‑owned ships;
(b) trading ships that are wholly owned by Australian residents, or by Australian residents and Australian nationals;
(c) trading ships that are operated solely by Australian residents, or by Australian nationals, or by both;
(d) trading ships that are on demise charter to Australian‑based operators.
An application to register a ship in the International Register must:
(a) be made in accordance with the regulations; and
(b) be accompanied by the fixed fee (if any) for the application; and
(c) be accompanied by evidence that a collective agreement has been made under section 11A.
(1) If the Registrar receives an application under section 15C to register a ship in the International Register, the Registrar may require that the ship be inspected by a surveyor for the purposes of determining the application for registration.
(2) A surveyor may, at any reasonable time, go on board a ship and inspect the ship for the purposes of subsection (1).
(3) However, a surveyor must not inspect a ship unless the fixed fee (if any) for the inspection has been paid.
If an application under section 15 is made to register a ship in the General Register, then, subject to sections 16 and 17, the Registrar must register the ship in that register by entering in that register such particulars relating to the ship as are prescribed by the regulations.
(1) If an application under section 15C is made to register a ship in the International Register, then, subject to sections 16 and 17, the Registrar may register the ship in that register by entering in that register such particulars relating to the ship as are prescribed by the regulations.
(2) When deciding under subsection (1) whether to register a ship in the International Register, the Registrar must have regard to:
(a) the age of the ship; and
(b) any information contained in the ship’s port state control inspection records in relation to the period prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) the ship’s classification society records in relation to the period prescribed by the regulations; and
(d) any inspection of the ship made by a surveyor under section 15D; and
(e) any matter that the Registrar considers relevant; and
(f) any matter prescribed by the regulations.
(3) The Registrar must refuse to register the ship in the International Register if the Registrar is satisfied that:
(a) the ship will not be predominantly used to engage in international trading; or
(b) a collective agreement has not been made between the owner of the ship and the ship’s seafarers’ bargaining unit under section 11A.
(4) The Registrar may refuse to register the ship in the International Register if the applicant for registration refuses to allow a surveyor to go on board or inspect the ship under section 15D.
(5) Subsections (3) and (4) do not limit the grounds on which the Registrar may refuse to register a ship in the International Register.
(6) If the Registrar refuses to register a ship in the International Register, the Registrar must give written notice of the decision to the applicant, specifying the reasons for the refusal.
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) The Registrar must not register a ship in the General Register or International Register unless and until a certificate relating to the tonnage measurement of the ship issued under, or otherwise having effect because of, the Navigation Act has been lodged with the Registrar.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(1) The Registrar must not:
(a) register a ship in the General Register if it is registered:
(i) in the International Register; or
(ii) under a law of a foreign country; and
(b) register a ship in the International Register if it is registered:
(i) in the General Register; or
(ii) under a law of a foreign country.
Repeal the section.
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) Upon the registration of a ship in the General Register or International Register, the Registrar must grant a registration certificate for the ship.
(2) The registration certificate must:
(a) be in the prescribed form; and
(b) contain the particulars relating to the ship that were entered in the relevant register; and
(c) contain such other matters as are prescribed.
After “section 15”, insert “or 15C”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
After “paragraph 14(d)”, insert “or ships registered by virtue of section 15B”.
Add:
(1) It is a condition of registration of a ship in the International Register that the person referred to in subsection (3) in relation to the ship must ensure that:
(a) an Australian national or Australian resident is the master or chief mate of the ship; and
(b) an Australian national or Australian resident is the chief engineer or first engineer of the ship.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(2) It is a condition of registration of a ship in the International Register that the person referred to in subsection (3) in relation to the ship must take reasonable steps to ensure that the positions of master and chief engineer are occupied by a person who is an Australian national or Australian resident.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), the person is:
(a) if the ship is registered because of paragraph 15B(a) or (b)—the owner of the ship; and
(b) if the ship is registered because of paragraph 15B(c) or (d)—the operator of the ship.
(1) The Registrar may cancel the registration of a ship in the International Register if the Registrar is satisfied that:
(a) the ship is or has been involved in a contravention, either in or outside of Australia, of:
(i) this Act; or
(ii) the Navigation Act; or
(iii) the
Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 ; or(iv) a law prescribed by the regulations; or
(b) the ship:
(i) is not seaworthy (within the meaning of section 207 of the Navigation Act); or
(ii) is substandard (within the meaning of section 207A of the Navigation Act); or
(c) the ship has not been, or will not be, predominantly used to engage in international trading; or
(d) a collective agreement, made between the owner of the ship and the ship’s seafarers’ bargaining unit under section 11A, is not in force when the ship is used to engage in international trading; or
(e) a prescribed ground for cancelling the registration applies to the ship.
(2) If the Registrar cancels the registration of a ship in the International Register, the Registrar must give written notice of the decision to the owner, specifying the reasons for the cancellation.
(3) The regulations may prescribe requirements in relation to the cancellation of registration under this section.
(1) A ship is registered in the International Register on the basis that:
(a) the registration may be closed under this Act; and
(b) the registration may be cancelled under section 33B; and
(c) the registration may be closed, cancelled, revoked, terminated or varied by or under later legislation; and
(d) no compensation is payable if the registration is closed, cancelled, revoked, terminated or varied as mentioned in any of the above paragraphs.
(2) Subsection (1) does not, by implication, affect the interpretation of any other provision of this Act.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
After “paragraph 14(b) or (c)”, insert “or 15B(b) or (c)”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “under the Authority, be responsible for the maintenance of the Register”, substitute “subject to the control of the Authority, be responsible for the maintenance of the Registers”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “Registers”.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) There is to be a register, to be known as the Australian General Shipping Register.
(2) There is to be a register, to be known as the Australian International Shipping Register.
(3) The Registers are not legislative instruments.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Omit “Register”, substitute “Registers”.
Repeal the note.
Omit “Register has been maintained in electronic form, provide for it”, substitute “Registers have been maintained in electronic form, provide for them”.
Repeal the subsections, substitute:
(3) A person may inspect the Registers at any reasonable time during the hours when the Registration Office is open for business on payment of the fixed fee (if any) for the inspection.
(4) A person is entitled to be provided with a copy of, or an extract from, any entry in the Registers on payment of the fixed fee (if any) for the copy or extract.
(5) If the Registrar has made provision for electronic inspection of the Registers otherwise than at the Registration Office, a person may electronically inspect the Registers and make a copy of any electronic entry in the Registers on payment of the fixed fee (if any) for the inspection and copy.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Omit “, no entry or amendment of an entry has been made in the Register”, substitute “that is registered in the General Register or International Register, no entry or amendment of an entry has been made in the relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Omit “Register”, substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Omit “rectification of the Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “rectification of that register”.
Omit “Register” (first occurring), substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Omit “the Register” (second and third occurring), substitute “that register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Omit “shall, upon receipt of the order, rectify the Register accordingly”, substitute “must, upon receipt of the order, rectify the General Register or International Register accordingly”.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Omit “Register”, substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Omit “Register”, substitute “General Register or International Register”.
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Section 62 (paragraph (b) of the definition of owner ) After “14(b)”, insert “or 15B(b)”.
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Section 62 (paragraph (c) of the definition of owner ) Omit “or a ship registered by virtue of paragraph 14(d)”, substitute “, 14(d), 15B(c) or 15B(d)”.
Omit “shall be entered in the Register in respect of every registered ship”, substitute “must be entered in the General Register or International Register, in respect of every ship registered in that register,”.
After “14(c)”, insert “or 15B(c)”.
After “14(d)”, insert “or 15B(d)”.
Omit “section 15, the name and address of the first person to be the registered agent of the ship shall be entered in the Register”, substitute “section 15 or 15C, the name and address of the first person to be the registered agent of the ship must be entered in the relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “if”, substitute “If”.
Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
(a) a ship registered in the General Register or International Register:
(i) is lost (whether actually or constructively); or
(ii) is taken by an enemy; or
(iii) is burnt or broken up; or
(iv) ceases to be entitled to be registered in that register; and
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “relevant register”.
After “registered”, insert “in the relevant register”.
Omit “Register” (first occurring), substitute “General Register or International Register,”.
Omit “Register” (last occurring), substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Insert:
(1) An application may be made to the Chief Executive Officer of the Authority for review of a decision made by the Registrar under:
(a) subsection 15F(1) (which is about the registration of ships in the International Register); or
(b) subsection 33B(1) (which is about cancelling the registration of ships in the International Register).
(2) The regulations may make provision for review under this section.
Omit “Register” (wherever occurring), substitute “Registers”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “Registers”.
Omit “Register”, substitute “General Register or International Register”.
Omit “; and”, substitute “;”.
Repeal the subparagraph.
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
(5) The regulations may:
(a) provide for offences against the regulations; and
(b) provide for civil penalties for contraventions of the regulations.
(5A) The penalties for offences or civil penalties referred to in subsection (5) must not be more than 50 penalty units for an individual or 250 penalty units for a body corporate.
In this Part:
commencement means the day this Schedule commences.
Registration Act means theShipping Registration Act 1981 .
(1) The amendments made by Part 1 of this Schedule apply on and after commencement in relation to:
(a) ships that are registered immediately before commencement; and
(b) ships that are registered, or that are required or permitted to be registered, on or after commencement.
(2) In addition, the amendment made by item 22 applies on and after commencement in relation to applications to register a ship that are made before, on or after commencement.
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Transitioning the Register, registration and certificates (1) The register known as the Australian Register of Ships that was in existence under section 56 of the Registration Act immediately before commencement continues in existence (and may be dealt with) as if it were the Australian General Shipping Register referred to in subsection 56(1) of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
(2) If, immediately before commencement, a ship is registered in the Australian Register of Ships under section 18 of the Registration Act, then the registration of the ship continues in effect (and may be dealt with) as if the ship were registered in the Australian General Shipping Register under section 15E of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
(3) A reference to “the Australian Register of Ships” in:
(a) a registration certificate granted before commencement under section 19 or 21 of the Registration Act; or
(b) a provisional registration certificate granted before commencement under section 21, 22 or 22A of the Registration Act;
is taken, on and after commencement, to be a reference to “the Australian General Shipping Register”.
If, before commencement:
(a) an application had been made in accordance with section 15 of the Registration Act to register a ship; and
(b) the Registrar had not made a decision on the application;
then the application is taken to have been made in accordance with section 15 of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
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Saving of regulations relating to registration
Regulations relating to applications for registration (1) Despite the repeal of section 15 of the Registration Act by item 24 of this Schedule, regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of that section; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of section 15 of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
Regulations relating to entry of particulars in the Register (2) Despite the repeal of section 18 of the Registration Act by item 29 of this Schedule, regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of that section; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of section 15E of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
Regulations relating to grant of registration certificate (3) Despite the repeal of section 19 of the Registration Act by item 30 of this Schedule, regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of that section; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of paragraph 19(2)(c) of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
Despite the repeal of subsection 83(5) of the Registration Act by item 96 of this Schedule, regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of that subsection; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of subsection 83(5) of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
Despite the amendment of sections 37, 47A, 58 and 65 and subsection 83(2) of the Registration Act by this Schedule, regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of those provisions; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
continue in force (and may be dealt with) as if they had been made for the purposes of those provisions of that Act (as amended by this Schedule).
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Transitioning references to “the Register” in regulations A reference to “the Register” in regulations that:
(a) were made for the purposes of a provision of the Registration Act; and
(b) were in force immediately before commencement;
is taken, on and after commencement, to be a reference to “the relevant Register”.
Insert:
coastal trading has the same meaning as in theCoastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 .
Insert:
employee organisation means:
(a) an organisation registered under the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 ; or(b) an organisation recognised under a law of a foreign country as entitled to represent the industrial interests of seafarers.
Insert:
harbour means a natural or artificial harbour, and includes an estuary, navigable river, creek, channel, haven, roadstead, dock, pier, jetty, offshore terminal or other place in or at which vessels can obtain shelter or load and unload goods or embark and disembark passengers.
Insert:
international trading has the meaning given by section 61AB.
Insert:
ITF template agreement means a standard form of agreement that:
(a) relates to the working conditions of seafarers; and
(b) is formulated by the International Transport Workers’ Federation; and
(c) is known as the International Transport Workers’ Federation Uniform Total Crew Cost Collective Agreement; and
(d) is available on the Authority’s website, or is otherwise available (without charge) from the Authority.
Insert:
intra‑State trading : a ship is used to engage inintra‑State trading if, for or in connection with a commercial activity, the ship:
(a) takes on board passengers or cargo at a port in a State or Territory; and
(b) carries those passengers or that cargo to another port in the same State or Territory where:
(i) some or all of those passengers disembark; or
(ii) some or all of that cargo is unloaded.
Insert:
Navigation Act means theNavigation Act 1912 .
Repeal the definition, substitute:
owner of a ship:
(a) except in sections 8, 11A, 12, 30 and 58 and in Parts VA and VI—means a person registered as owner in accordance with the regulations; and
(b) in sections 8, 12, 30 and 58—has its ordinary meaning; and
(c) in section 11A and Part VA—has the same meaning as in the Navigation Act; and
(d) in Part VI—has the meaning given by section 62.
Insert:
port includes a harbour.
Insert:
seafarer means any person who is employed or works in any capacity on board a ship on the business of the ship, other than the following:
(a) a pilot;
(b) an owner of the ship or a person representing the owner;
(c) law enforcement personnel;
(d) special personnel (within the meaning of section 283 of the Navigation Act) in relation to the ship;
(e) a person temporarily employed on the ship in port;
(f) a person prescribed by the regulations.
Insert:
seafarers’ bargaining unit , for a ship, has the meaning given by subsection 11A(2).
Repeal the section, substitute:
(1) The owner of a ship may make an agreement (a
collective agreement ) with the seafarers’ bargaining unit for the ship about the terms and conditions of employment or engagement of all the seafarers working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.Note: Before a ship can be registered in the International Register, the owner of the ship must make a collective agreement under subsection (1): see paragraph 15F(3)(b).
(2) The
seafarers’ bargaining unit for a ship is a body consisting of a representative from each employee organisation that:
(a) has, as a member, one or more seafarers who will work on the ship when it is used to engage in international trading; and
(b) is entitled to represent the industrial interests of those seafarers in relation to that work; and
(c) has given written notice to the owner of the ship that it wishes to be a member of the body and has not withdrawn that notice.
(3) The regulations may prescribe requirements in relation to the making of a collective agreement under this section.
(4) The
Fair Work Act 2009 does not apply in relation to the making of a collective agreement under this section, and a collective agreement under this section is not an enterprise agreement for the purposes of that Act.
Insert:
If a ship is registered in the International Register, then:
(a) the
Fair Work Act 2009 does not apply in relation to when the ship is used to engage in international trading; and(b) the
Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 does not apply in relation to the ship at any time; and(c) any legislation of a State or Territory that:
(i) provides for workers’ compensation; or
(ii) is prescribed by the regulations;
does not apply in relation to the ship at any time.
(1) A ship is used to engage in
international trading if, for or in connection with a commercial activity:
(a) the ship:
(i) takes on board passengers or cargo at one or more ports in Australia; and
(ii) carries some or all of the passengers or cargo to one or more ports in one or more foreign countries; or
(b) the ship:
(i) takes on board passengers or cargo at one or more ports in one or more foreign countries; and
(ii) carries all of the passengers or cargo to one or more ports in one or more countries (which could be the same foreign country, another foreign country or Australia); or
(c) the ship undertakes an activity for, or in connection with, an activity referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) However, a ship is not used to engage in
international trading at any time it is used to engage in:
(a) coastal trading; or
(b) intra‑State trading.
This Division applies to:
(a) a ship that is registered in the International Register; and
(b) a seafarer working, or proposing to work, on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.
(1) In addition to the requirements of section 45A of the Navigation Act that a work agreement of a seafarer must comply with, the owner of the ship must ensure that the work agreement complies with the requirements of this Division when the ship is used to engage in international trading.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to the extent that the agreement applies to the seafarer while he or she is working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.
(1) The work agreement must specify the amount of the seafarer’s wages, or the method for working that out.
(2) The amount of the wages must not be less than the relevant amount of wages determined by the Minister under subsection (3).
(3) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, determine the amount of wages of seafarers performing particular types of work.
(4) If, when making a determination under subsection (3):
(a) there is an ITF template agreement; and
(b) the ITF template agreement specifies an amount of wages of seafarers performing particular types of work;
then the amount of wages determined by the Minister under subsection (3) for a particular type of work must not be less than the amount of wages specified in the ITF template agreement for that type of work.
(5) If, after the Minister makes a determination under subsection (3), the ITF template agreement changes, then as soon as is reasonably practicable after becoming aware of that:
(a) the Minister must, by legislative instrument, revoke the determination made under subsection (3); and
(b) the Minister must make a new determination under subsection (3).
(1) The work agreement must provide that the seafarer is entitled to at least 2.5 days of paid annual leave for each month of service on board the ship.
Calculating service
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a period of service by the seafarer on board the ship is a period during which the seafarer is employed or engaged in relation to the ship, but does not include:
(a) any period of unauthorised absence; or
(b) any period of unpaid leave.
Paid annual leave not to include other absences
(3) The work agreement must not provide that the seafarer is on paid annual leave during any of the following periods:
(a) a period that is a public holiday in the Australian Capital Territory;
(b) a period during which the seafarer is incapacitated for work as a result of illness or injury;
(c) a period of any other type of absence authorised under the work agreement.
(1) The work agreement must provide for a procedure for settling disputes about any matters arising in relation to the agreement, this Part or Part II of the Navigation Act.
(2) The procedure must:
(a) entitle the seafarer to make a complaint directly to the master of the ship and, if the seafarer considers it necessary, to an independent person or body specified in the agreement; and
(b) entitle the seafarer to be accompanied or represented by another person during the complaint process; and
(c) comply with any other requirements prescribed by the regulations.
(1) This section applies while a collective agreement made under section 11A between the owner of the ship and the seafarers’ bargaining unit for the ship is in force.
(2) The work agreement referred to in section 45A of the Navigation Act, to the extent that the work agreement applies to the seafarer while he or she is working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading, is taken to include the terms and conditions of the collective agreement.
Note: It does not matter whether the work agreement was made before or after the collective agreement was made.
(3) However, a term or condition of the collective agreement that is included in the work agreement because of subsection (2) has no effect to the extent that it is less beneficial to the seafarer than another term or condition of the work agreement.
(1) This section applies if:
(a) on or after the commencement of this section, the owner of the ship makes an agreement with another person or persons about the terms and conditions of employment or engagement of one or more seafarers working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading; and
(b) the agreement is not a work agreement referred to in section 45A of the Navigation Act; and
(c) the agreement is not a collective agreement made under section 11A.
(2) If the work agreement referred to in section 45A of the Navigation Act incorporates any of the terms or conditions of the agreement referred to in paragraph (1)(a), then those terms or conditions have no effect to the extent that they apply to the seafarer while he or she is working on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.
The owner of the ship must ensure that any wages that are payable to the seafarer under the seafarer’s work agreement are paid to the seafarer.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
The owner of the ship must ensure that the seafarer is entitled to take any paid annual leave that the seafarer is entitled to take under the seafarer’s work agreement.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(1) This section applies to:
(a) a ship that is registered in the International Register; and
(b) a seafarer who works, or a prospective seafarer who proposes to work, on board the ship when it is used to engage in international trading.
(2) A person must not victimise the seafarer because the seafarer:
(a) has made, proposes to make, or at any time has proposed to make a complaint under the dispute resolution procedure in the seafarer’s work agreement (unless the complaint is manifestly vexatious or maliciously made); or
(b) has refused to make, proposes to refuse to make, or at any time has proposed to refuse to make a complaint under the dispute resolution procedure in the seafarer’s work agreement; or
(c) has participated, proposes to participate, or at any time has proposed to participate in collective bargaining; or
(d) has refused to participate, proposes to refuse to participate, or at any time has refused to participate in collective bargaining; or
(e) has exercised, proposes to exercise, or at any time has proposed to exercise the right to organise and to take industrial action; or
(f) has refused to exercise, proposes to refuse to exercise, or at any time has proposed to refuse to exercise the right to organise and to take industrial action; or
(g) has joined, proposes to join, or at any time has proposed to join an employee organisation; or
(h) has refused to join, proposes to refuse to join, or at any time has proposed to refuse to join an employee organisation; or
(i) has participated, proposes to participate, or at any time has proposed to participate in the activities of an employee organisation; or
(j) has refused to participate, proposes to refuse to participate, or at any time has proposed to refuse to participate in the activities of an employee organisation; or
(k) has requested, proposes to request, or at any time has proposed to request representation by an employee organisation; or
(l) has refused, proposes to refuse, or at any time has proposed to refuse representation by an employee organisation.
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person
victimises a seafarer if the person:
(a) dismisses, or threatens or organises to dismiss, the seafarer; or
(b) injures, or threatens or organises to injure, the seafarer in his or her employment or engagement on board a ship; or
(c) alters the position of, or threatens or organises to alter the position of, the seafarer to the seafarer’s prejudice; or
(d) discriminates, or threatens or organises to discriminate, between the seafarer and other seafarers; or
(e) refuses, or threatens or organises to refuse, to employ the seafarer on board a ship.
(1) The owner of a ship that is registered in the International Register must have a policy of insurance or indemnity that:
(a) insures or indemnifies the owner for any liability of the owner to pay compensation for the death or long‑term disability suffered by a seafarer as a result of sickness or injury occurring while on board the ship; and
(b) provides a level of insurance or indemnity that is sufficient to cover the amount of compensation that is determined by the Minister under subsection (2).
Civil penalty: 300 penalty units.
(2) The Minister must, by legislative instrument, determine the amount of compensation for the death or long‑term disability suffered by a seafarer as a result of sickness or injury occurring while on board the ship.
(3) If:
(a) there is an ITF template agreement; and
(b) the ITF template agreement specifies an amount of compensation for the death or long‑term disability of a seafarer, or a method for working that out;
then the amount of compensation determined by the Minister under subsection (2) for the death or long‑term disability of a seafarer must not be less than the amount of compensation specified in, or worked out under, the ITF template agreement for the death or long‑term disability of the seafarer.
(4) If, after the Minister makes a determination under subsection (2), the ITF template agreement changes, then as soon as is reasonably practicable after becoming aware of that:
(a) the Minister must, by legislative instrument, revoke the determination made under subsection (2); and
(b) the Minister must make a new determination under subsection (2).
(1) This section applies if the owner of a ship that is registered in the International Register would, apart from subsection (2), be liable under section 127 of the Navigation Act to pay expenses relating to a hurt or injury received, disease contracted or illness suffered by a seafarer while on board the ship when it was used to engage in international trading.
(2) Any liability of the owner under that section ceases on the earlier of the following days:
(a) the day after the seafarer has recovered;
(b) the day that is 16 weeks after the first day the seafarer received the hurt or injury, contracted the disease or suffered the illness.
(1) This section applies if the owner of a ship that is registered in the International Register would, apart from subsection (2), be liable under section 132 of the Navigation Act to pay wages to a seafarer who is hurt or injured, or becomes ill, while on board the ship when it was used to engage in international trading.
(2) Any liability of the owner under that section ceases on the earlier of the following days:
(a) the day after the seafarer has recovered;
(b) the day that is 16 weeks after the first day the seafarer was hurt or injured, or became ill.
Insert:
civil penalty order has the meaning given by subsection 61BA(4).
Insert:
civil penalty provision means a subsection, or a section that is not divided into subsections, that has set out at its foot the words “civil penalty” and one or more amounts in penalty units.
Insert:
relevant court , in relation to a matter, means any of the following courts:
(a) the Federal Court of Australia;
(b) the Federal Magistrates Court;
(c) a superior court, or lower court, of a State or Territory;
that has jurisdiction in relation to the matter (see section 61BZD).
Insert:
Application for order
(1) The Authority may apply to a relevant court for an order that a person, who is alleged to have contravened a civil penalty provision, pay a pecuniary penalty.
(2) The Authority must make the application within 6 years of the alleged contravention.
Relevant court may order person to pay pecuniary penalty
(3) If the relevant court is satisfied that the person has contravened the civil penalty provision, the relevant court may order the person to pay such pecuniary penalty for the contravention as the relevant court determines to be appropriate.
Note: Subsection (5) sets out the maximum penalty that the relevant court may order the person to pay.
(4) An order under subsection (3) is a
civil penalty order .
Determining pecuniary penalty
(5) The pecuniary penalty must not be more than:
(a) if the person is a body corporate—5 times the pecuniary penalty specified for the civil penalty provision; and
(b) otherwise—the pecuniary penalty specified for the civil penalty provision.
(6) In determining the pecuniary penalty, the relevant court may take into account all relevant matters, including:
(a) the nature and extent of the contravention; and
(b) the nature and extent of any loss or damage suffered because of the contravention; and
(c) the circumstances in which the contravention took place; and
(d) whether the person has previously been found by a court in proceedings under one or more of the following Acts to have engaged in any similar conduct:
(i) this Act;
(ii) the Navigation Act;
(iii) the
Crimes Act 1914 or theCriminal Code in relation to this Act.
(1) A pecuniary penalty is a debt payable to the Authority on behalf of the Commonwealth.
(2) The Authority may enforce a civil penalty order as if it were an order made in civil proceedings against the person to recover a debt due by the person. The debt arising from the order is taken to be a judgement debt.
(1) If conduct constitutes a contravention of 2 or more civil penalty provisions, proceedings may be instituted under this Division against a person in relation to the contravention of any one or more of those provisions.
(2) However, the person is not liable to more than one pecuniary penalty under this Division in relation to the same conduct.
(1) A relevant court may make a single civil penalty order against a person for multiple contraventions of a civil penalty provision if proceedings for the contraventions are founded on the same facts, or if the contraventions form, or are part of, a series of contraventions of the same or a similar character.
(2) However, the penalty must not exceed the sum of the maximum penalties that could be ordered if a separate penalty were ordered for each of the contraventions.
A relevant court may direct that 2 or more proceedings for civil penalty orders are to be heard together.
A relevant court must apply the rules of evidence and procedure for civil matters when hearing proceedings for a civil penalty order.
A contravention of a civil penalty provision is not an offence.
A relevant court may not make a civil penalty order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision if the person has been convicted of an offence constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct constituting the contravention.
(1) Proceedings for a civil penalty order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision are stayed if:
(a) criminal proceedings are commenced or have already been commenced against the person for an offence; and
(b) the offence is constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention.
(2) The proceedings for the order (the
civil proceedings ) may be resumed if the person is not convicted of the offence. Otherwise, the civil proceedings are dismissed.
Criminal proceedings may be commenced against a person for conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as conduct that would constitute a contravention of a civil penalty provision, regardless of whether a civil penalty order has been made against the person in relation to the contravention.
(1) Evidence of information given, or evidence of production of documents, by an individual is not admissible in criminal proceedings against the individual if:
(a) the individual previously gave the evidence or produced the documents in proceedings for a civil penalty order against the individual for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision (whether or not the order was made); and
(b) the conduct alleged to constitute the offence is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention.
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply to criminal proceedings in relation to the falsity of the evidence given by the individual in the proceedings for the civil penalty order.
(1) A person must not:
(a) attempt to contravene a civil penalty provision; or
(b) aid, abet, counsel or procure a contravention of a civil penalty provision; or
(c) induce (by threats, promises or otherwise) a contravention of a civil penalty provision; or
(d) be in any way, directly or indirectly, knowingly concerned in, or party to, a contravention of a civil penalty provision; or
(e) conspire with others to effect a contravention of a civil penalty provision.
Note: Section 61BN (which provides that a person’s state of mind does not need to be proven in relation to a civil penalty provision) does not apply to this subsection.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) in relation to a civil penalty provision is taken to have contravened the provision.
(1) A person is not liable to have a civil penalty order made against the person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision if:
(a) at or before the time of the conduct constituting the contravention, the person:
(i) considered whether or not facts existed; and
(ii) was under a mistaken but reasonable belief about those facts; and
(b) had those facts existed, the conduct would not have constituted a contravention of the civil penalty provision.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), a person may be regarded as having considered whether or not facts existed if:
(a) the person had considered, on a previous occasion, whether those facts existed in the circumstances surrounding that occasion; and
(b) the person honestly and reasonably believed that the circumstances surrounding the present occasion were the same, or substantially the same, as those surrounding the previous occasion.
(3) A person who wishes to rely on a matter in subsection (1) or (2) in proceedings for a civil penalty order bears an evidential burden in relation to that matter.
(1) In proceedings for a civil penalty order against a person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision (other than because of subsection 61BL(1)), it is not necessary to prove:
(a) the person’s intention; or
(b) the person’s knowledge; or
(c) the person’s recklessness; or
(d) the person’s negligence; or
(e) any other state of mind of the person;
other than as expressly provided.
(2) Subsection (1) does not affect the operation of section 61BM (mistake of fact).
If an element of a civil penalty provision is done by an employee, agent or officer of a body corporate acting within the actual or apparent scope of his or her employment, or within his or her actual or apparent authority, the element must also be attributed to the body corporate.
(1) If an act or thing is required under a civil penalty provision to be done:
(a) within a particular period; or
(b) before a particular time;
then the obligation to do that act or thing continues until the act or thing is done (even if the period has expired or the time has passed).
(2) A person who contravenes a civil penalty provision that requires an act or thing to be done:
(a) within a particular period; or
(b) before a particular time;
commits a separate contravention of that provision in respect of each day during which the contravention occurs (including the day the relevant civil penalty order is made or any later day).
(1) If the Authority has reasonable grounds to believe that a person has contravened a civil penalty provision, the Authority may give to the person an infringement notice for the alleged contravention.
(2) The infringement notice must be given within 12 months after the day the contravention is alleged to have taken place.
(3) A single infringement notice must relate only to a single contravention of a single civil penalty provision unless subsection (4) applies.
(4) The Authority may give a person a single infringement notice relating to multiple contraventions of a single provision if:
(a) the provision requires the person to do a thing within a particular period or before a particular time; and
(b) the person fails or refuses to do that thing within that period or before that time; and
(c) the failure or refusal occurs on more than one day; and
(d) each contravention is constituted by the failure or refusal on one of those days.
Note: For continuing offences, see subsection 4K(2) of the
Crimes Act 1914 . For continuing contraventions of civil penalty provisions, see section 61BP of this Act.
(1) An infringement notice must:
(a) be identified by a unique number; and
(b) state the day it is given; and
(c) state the name of the person to whom the notice is given; and
(d) state the name of the person who gave the notice; and
(e) give brief details of the alleged contravention, including:
(i) the provision that was allegedly contravened; and
(ii) the maximum penalty a court could impose for the contravention; and
(iii) the time (if known) and day of, and the place of, the alleged contravention; and
(f) state the amount that is payable under the notice; and
(g) give an explanation of how payment of the amount is to be made; and
(h) state that, if the person to whom the notice is given pays the amount within 28 days after the day the notice is given, then (unless the notice is withdrawn):
(i) if the provision is an offence provision and does not also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person will not be liable to be prosecuted in a court for the alleged contravention; or
(ii) if the provision is an offence provision that can also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person is not liable to be prosecuted in a court, and proceedings seeking a civil penalty order will not be brought, in relation to the alleged contravention; or
(iii) if the provision is a civil penalty provision—proceedings seeking a civil penalty order will not be brought in relation to the alleged contravention; and
(i) state that payment of the amount is not an admission of guilt or liability; and
(j) state that the person may apply to the Authority to have the period in which to pay the amount extended; and
(k) state that the person may choose not to pay the amount and, if the person does so:
(i) if the provision is an offence provision and does not also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court for the alleged contravention; or
(ii) if the provision is an offence provision and can also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court, or proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought, in relation to the alleged contravention; or
(iii) if the provision is a civil penalty provision—proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought in relation to the alleged contravention; and
(l) set out how the notice can be withdrawn; and
(m) state that if the notice is withdrawn:
(i) if the provision is an offence provision and does not also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court for the alleged contravention; or
(ii) if the provision is an offence provision and can also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court, or proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought, in relation to the alleged contravention; or
(iii) if the provision is a civil penalty provision—proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought in relation to the alleged contravention; and
(n) state that the person may make written representations to the Authority seeking the withdrawal of the notice.
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(f), the amount to be stated in the notice for the alleged contravention of the provision must be equal to one‑fifth of the maximum penalty that the court could impose on the person for that contravention.
(1) A person to whom an infringement notice has been given may apply to the Authority for an extension of the period referred to in paragraph 61BR(1)(h).
(2) If the application is made before the end of that period, the Authority may, in writing, extend that period. The Authority may do so before or after the end of that period.
(3) If the Authority extends that period, a reference in this Division, or in a notice or other instrument under this Division, to the period referred to in paragraph 61BR(1)(h) is taken to be a reference to that period so extended.
(4) If the Authority does not extend that period, a reference in this Division, or in a notice or other instrument under this Division, to the period referred to in paragraph 61BR(1)(h) is taken to be a reference to the period that ends on the later of the following days:
(a) the day that is the last day of the period referred to in paragraph 61BR(1)(h);
(b) the day that is 7 days after the day the person was given notice of the Authority’s decision not to extend.
(5) The Authority may extend the period more than once under subsection (2).
Representations seeking withdrawal of notice
(1) A person to whom an infringement notice has been given may make written representations to the Authority seeking the withdrawal of the notice.
Withdrawal of notice
(2) The Authority may withdraw an infringement notice given to a person (whether or not the person has made written representations seeking the withdrawal).
(3) When deciding whether or not to withdraw an infringement notice (the
relevant infringement notice ), the Authority:
(a) must take into account any written representations seeking the withdrawal that were given by the person to the Authority; and
(b) may take into account the following:
(i) whether a court has previously imposed a penalty on the person for a contravention of a civil penalty provision;
(ii) the circumstances of the alleged contravention;
(iii) whether the person has paid an amount, stated in an earlier infringement notice, for a contravention of a civil penalty provision if the contravention is constituted by conduct that is the same, or substantially the same, as the conduct alleged to constitute the contravention in the relevant infringement notice;
(iv) any other matter the Authority considers relevant.
Notice of withdrawal
(4) Notice of the withdrawal of the infringement notice must be given to the person. The withdrawal notice must state:
(a) the person’s name and address; and
(b) the day the infringement notice was given; and
(c) the identifying number of the infringement notice; and
(d) that the infringement notice is withdrawn; and
(e) that:
(i) if the provision is an offence provision and does not also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court for the alleged contravention; or
(ii) if the provision is an offence provision and can also constitute a civil penalty provision—the person may be prosecuted in a court, or proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought, in relation to the alleged contravention; or
(iii) if the provision is a civil penalty provision—proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may be brought in relation to the alleged contravention.
Refund of amount if infringement notice withdrawn
(5) If:
(a) the Authority withdraws the infringement notice; and
(b) the person has already paid the amount stated in the notice;
the Commonwealth must refund to the person an amount equal to the amount paid.
(1) If the person to whom an infringement notice for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision is given pays the amount stated in the notice before the end of the period referred to in paragraph 61BR(1)(h), then:
(a) any liability of the person for the alleged contravention is discharged; and
(b) either:
(i) if the provision is an offence provision—the person may not be prosecuted in a court for the alleged contravention; or
(ii) if the provision is a civil penalty provision—proceedings seeking a civil penalty order may not be brought against the person in relation to the alleged contravention; and
(c) the person is not regarded as having admitted guilt or liability for the alleged contravention; and
(d) if the provision is an offence provision—the person is not regarded as having been convicted of the alleged offence.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the notice has been withdrawn.
This Division does not:
(a) require an infringement notice to be given to a person for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision; or
(b) affect the liability of a person for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision if:
(i) the person does not comply with an infringement notice given to the person for the contravention; or
(ii) an infringement notice is not given to the person for the contravention; or
(iii) an infringement notice is given to the person for the contravention and is subsequently withdrawn; or
(c) prevent the giving of 2 or more infringement notices to a person for an alleged contravention of a civil penalty provision; or
(d) limit the court’s discretion to determine the amount of a penalty to be imposed on a person who is found to have contravened a civil penalty provision.
(1) The Authority may accept any of the following undertakings:
(a) a written undertaking given by a person that the person will, in order to comply with a civil penalty provision, take specified action;
(b) a written undertaking given by a person that the person will, in order to comply with a civil penalty provision, refrain from taking specified action;
(c) a written undertaking given by a person that the person will take specified action directed towards ensuring that the person does not contravene a civil penalty provision, or is unlikely to contravene such a provision, in the future.
(2) The undertaking must be expressed to be an undertaking under this section.
(3) The person may withdraw or vary the undertaking at any time, but only with the written consent of the Authority.
(4) The consent of the Authority is not a legislative instrument.
(5) The Authority may, by written notice given to the person, cancel the undertaking.
(1) If:
(a) a person has given an undertaking under section 61BW; and
(b) the undertaking has not been withdrawn or cancelled; and
(c) the Authority considers that the person has breached the undertaking;
the Authority may apply to a relevant court for an order under subsection (2).
(2) If the relevant court is satisfied that the person has breached the undertaking, the court may make any or all of the following orders:
(a) an order directing the person to comply with the undertaking;
(b) an order directing the person to pay to the Commonwealth an amount up to the amount of any financial benefit that the person has obtained directly or indirectly and that is reasonably attributable to the breach;
(c) any order that the court considers appropriate directing the person to compensate any other person who has suffered loss or damage as a result of the breach;
(d) any other order that the court considers appropriate.
Restraining injunctions
(1) If a person has engaged, is engaging or is proposing to engage, in conduct in contravention of a civil penalty provision, a relevant court may, on application by the Authority, grant an injunction:
(a) restraining the person from engaging in the conduct; and
(b) if, in the court’s opinion, it is desirable to do so—requiring the person to do a thing.
Performance injunctions
(2) If:
(a) a person has refused or failed, or is refusing or failing, or is proposing to refuse or fail, to do a thing; and
(b) the refusal or failure was, is or would be a contravention of a civil penalty provision;
the court may, on application by the Authority, grant an injunction requiring the person to do that thing.
Grant of interim injunctions
(1) Before deciding an application for an injunction under section 61BY, a relevant court may grant an interim injunction:
(a) restraining a person from engaging in conduct; or
(b) requiring a person to do a thing.
No undertakings as to damages
(2) The court must not require an applicant for an injunction under section 61BY to give an undertaking as to damages as a condition of granting an interim injunction.
A relevant court may discharge or vary an injunction granted by that court under this Division.
Restraining injunctions
(1) The power of a relevant court under this Division to grant an injunction restraining a person from engaging in conduct may be exercised:
(a) whether or not it appears to the court that the person intends to engage again, or to continue to engage, in conduct of that kind; and
(b) whether or not the person has previously engaged in conduct of that kind; and
(c) whether or not there is an imminent danger of substantial damage to any other person if the person engages in conduct of that kind.
Performance injunctions
(2) The power of a relevant court under this Division to grant an injunction requiring a person to do a thing may be exercised:
(a) whether or not it appears to the court that the person intends to refuse or fail again, or to continue to refuse or fail, to do that thing; and
(b) whether or not the person has previously refused or failed to do that thing; and
(c) whether or not there is an imminent danger of substantial damage to any other person if the person refuses or fails to do that thing.
The powers conferred on a relevant court under this Division are in addition to, and not instead of, any other powers of the court, whether conferred by this Act or otherwise.
(1) Jurisdiction is conferred on a court referred to in an item in the following table in relation to civil matters arising under this Part, subject to the limits on the court’s jurisdiction (if any) specified in the item:
1 | The Federal Court of Australia | No specified limits. |
2 | The Federal Magistrates Court | No specified limits. |
3 | A superior court, or lower court, of a State or Territory | The court’s general jurisdictional limits, including limits as to locality and subject matter. |
(2) Jurisdiction is conferred on the courts of a Territory only to the extent that the Constitution permits.
(3) Section 15C of the
Acts Interpretation Act 1901 does not apply to civil proceedings under this Part.
1 Section 46 (at the end of the definition of charge ) Add:
; or (d) a fee in respect of a matter referred to in section 15, 15C, 15D or 57 of the
Shipping Registration Act 1981 .
Insert:
Australian International Shipping Register has the same meaning as in theShipping Registration Act 1981 .
Repeal the definition, substitute:
sea‑going ship means:
(a) a ship which, in the course of a voyage to or from an Australian port, passes a marine navigational aid under the control of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a ship that is registered in the Australian International Shipping Register.
Omit “or (2)”, substitute “, (2) or (4A)”.
Insert:
(4A) Levy in respect of a ship that is registered in the Australian International Shipping Register is payable on the first day of each quarter.
Repeal the item, substitute:
Schedule 1, item 1 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 2 and 3 | A single day to be fixed by Proclamation. A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006, done at Geneva on 23 February 2006, comes into force for Australia. However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day the Convention comes into force for Australia, they commence on the day after the end of that period. If the provision(s) commence in this way, the Minister must announce by notice in the | |
Schedule 1, items 3A to 33 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 34 to 40 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, items 41 and 42 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 43 and 44 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, item 45 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 46 and 47 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, item 48 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 49 to 57 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, items 58 to 62 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 63 to 72 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, item 73 | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Schedule 1, items 74 to 77 | At the same time as the provision(s) covered by table item 2A. | |
Schedule 1, items 78 to 79A | 1 July 2012. | 1 July 2012 |
Insert:
Insert:
owner of a ship means one or more of the following:
(a) a person who has a legal or beneficial interest in the ship;
(b) a person with overall general control and management of the ship;
(c) a person who has assumed responsibility for the ship from a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
For the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (c), a person is not taken to have overall general control and management of a ship, or to have assumed responsibility for a ship, merely because he or she is the master or pilot of the ship.
Repeal the subsection.
Repeal the item, substitute:
Repeal the heading, substitute:
Requirement that seaman have a work agreement
(1) A person commits an offence if:
(a) the person is the master or owner of a ship; and
(b) the master takes the ship to sea; and
(c) a seaman is on board the ship; and
(d) when the ship is taken to sea, a work agreement that complies with this section is not in force in relation to the seaman.
Penalty: 20 penalty units.
When a work agreement complies with this section
(2) A work agreement complies with this section if the work agreement is in accordance with any regulations made for the purposes of subsection (3).
Regulations about work agreements
(3) The regulations may prescribe matters relating to work agreements including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) the content and form of work agreements (including terms and conditions about the amount of wages and paid annual leave);
(b) the right of a seaman to review, and seek advice on, a work agreement before signing it;
(c) the process for signing work agreements;
(d) the information or documents that must be given to, or made available to, seamen in relation to work agreements and the manner in which such information or documents must be given or made available;
(e) the termination of work agreements.
Definitions
(4) In this section:
agreement has its ordinary meaning.
seaman includes the master of a ship.
work agreement means an agreement that is made between a seaman and the owner of a ship.
Repeal the item.
Repeal the items.
Repeal the items, substitute:
Insert:
(2AA) The powers of a surveyor under subsection (1) extend to:
(a) the inspection of a ship for the purpose of ascertaining whether the ship complies with such of the provisions of:
(i) this Act, the regulations and orders; and
(ii) Part VA of the
Shipping Registration Act 1981 ;relating to the working and living conditions of the seamen on board the ship and of the master of the ship as apply to the ship; and
(b) requiring the production to the surveyor of any document relating to those conditions.
(2AB) The powers of a surveyor under subsection (1) extend to:
(a) the inspection of a ship for the purpose of ascertaining whether the ship complies with section 33A of the
Shipping Registration Act 1981 (which is about registration conditions for certain ships); and(b) requiring the production to the surveyor of any document relating to compliance with that section.
(2AC) Subsections (2), (2AA) and (2AB) do not limit subsection (1).
Omit “or (2)”, substitute “, (2), (2AA) or (2AB)”.
Add:
79A
Application of items that commence on 1 July 2012 (1) The amendments made by the items of this Schedule that commence on 1 July 2012 (see the commencement table in section 2) apply, on and after that day, in relation to ships that are registered in the Australian International Shipping Register (within the meaning of the
Shipping Registration Act 1981 ).(2) The amendments made by those items also apply, on and after 1 January 2013, in relation to ships that are registered in the Australian General Shipping Register (within the meaning of that Act).
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