Shipping Registration (International Register—Minimum Wages) Determination 2016 (Cth)

Shipping Registration (International Register—Minimum Wages) Determination 2016

I, Darren Chester, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, make the following determination.

Dated 28 July 2016

Darren Chester

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Contents

1............ Name............................................................................................................................. 1

2............ Commencement............................................................................................................. 1

3............ Authority....................................................................................................................... 1

4............ Schedules...................................................................................................................... 1

5............ Amount of wages.......................................................................................................... 1

6............ Repeal of this instrument............................................................................................... 2

Schedule 1—Repeals  3

Australian International Shipping Register (Minimum Wages) Determination 2012          3

1  Name

This is the Shipping Registration (International Register—Minimum Wages) Determination 2016.

2  Commencement

(1)  Each provision of this instrument 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.

Commencement information
Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1.  The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	3 August 2016

Note:          This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.

(2)  Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under subsections 61AE(3) and (5) of the Shipping Registration Act 1981.

Note 1: This instrument determines the amount of wages of seafarers performing particular types of work. The amount of wages determined by this instrument for a seafarer performing a particular type of work is the minimum amount of wages that can be specified in the work agreement of a seafarer working, or proposing to work, on board a ship that is registered in the International Register when it is used to engage in international trading (see sections 61AC, 61AD and 61AE of the Shipping Registration Act 1981).

Note 2:       For the definitions of International Register, international trading, ITF template agreement, seafarer, ship and work agreement, see the Shipping Registration Act 1981.

4  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5  Amount of wages

The amount of wages of a seafarer performing the work of a classification mentioned in column 1 of an item of the following table is the amount mentioned in column 2 of the item.

Amount of wages
Item	Column 1 Classification	Column 2 Amount, in US dollars, per calendar month
1	Master	5,786
2	Chief Engineer	5,270
3	Chief Officer	3,780
4	First Engineer	3,780
5	Second Officer	3,053
6	Second Engineer	3,053
7	Radio Officer	3,053
8	Electrical Engineer	3,053
9	Chief Steward	3,053
10	Third Officer	2,946
11	Third Engineer	2,946
12	Electrician	2,642
13	Bosun	2,001
14	Carpenter	2,001
15	Fitter/Repairer	2,001
16	Chief Cook	2,001
17	Donkeyman	2,001
18	Pumpman	2,001
19	Able Seaman	1,806
20	Fireman/Motorman	1,806
21	Oiler/Greaser	1,806
22	Steward	1,806
23	Second Cook	1,557
24	Messroom Steward	1,557
25	Ordinary Seaman	1,375
26	Wiper	1,375
27	Deck Boy	1,132
28	Catering Boy	1,132

Note:          The classifications and wage amounts determined by this instrument are the same as the classifications and wage amounts set out in the ITF template agreement.

6  Repeal of this instrument

This instrument is repealed at the end of 31 December 2017.

Schedule 1—Repeals

Australian International Shipping Register (Minimum Wages) Determination 2012

1  The whole of the determination

Repeal the determination.