EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1985 No. 153
BOUNTY (SHIPS)(REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Industry, Technology and Commerce
The Bounty (Ships) Amendment Act 1985 received Royal Assent on 6 June 1985. That Act amended the Bounty (Ships) Act 1980 (the Act) to, amongst other things, provide new provisions for the registration of premises of shipbuilders (section 10 of the Act) and to provide provisions for the registration of persons as prescribed shipbuilders (section 10A of the Act). A prescribed shipbuilder is a person who arranges, or proposes to arrange, for the whole of the construction or modification of bountiable vessels to be carried out on behalf of the person by other persons at premises in Australia.
The purpose of the proposed regulations is to prescribe conditions to be met by an applicant for the registration of premises or by an applicant for registration as a prescribed shipbuilder under the Act and to repeal the existing Bounty (Ships) Regulations.
The regulations effect this purpose as follows:
Regulation 1 provides for the regulations to be cited as the Bounty (Ships)(Registration) Regulations.
Regulation 2 provides for “the Act” to mean the Bounty (Ships) Act 1980.
Sub-regulation 3(1) provides for the purposes of sub-section 10(6) of the Act the conditions to be met by an applicant for the registration of premises.
Sub-regulation 3(2) provides for the purposes of paragraph 10(7)(b) of the Act that the Minister may in certain circumstances register premises under the Act even though the applicant complies with all but one of the registration conditions specified in sub-regulation 3(1).
Sub-regulation 4(1) provides for the purposes of sub-section 10A(6) of the Act the conditions to be met by an applicant for registration as a prescribed shipbuilder.
Sub-regulation 4(2) provides for the purposes of paragraph 10A(7)(b) of the Act that the Minister may in certain circumstances register an applicant as a prescribed shipbuilder under the Act even though the applicant complies with all but one of the registration conditions specified in sub-regulation 4(1).
Regulation 5 repeals the existing Bounty (Ships) Regulations as they are made redundant as a consequence of the operation of the Bounty (Ships) Amendment Act 1985.