EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULE NO. 212 of 1983
ISSUED BY THE AUTHORITY OF
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRANSPORT
LIGHTHOUSES AND LIGHT DUES
REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
Section 20 of the Lighthouses Act 1911, (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by the Act are required or permitted to be prescribed, or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed, for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Section 13 of the Act provides, amongst other things, that light dues in accordance with the prescribed rates or scales shall be levied and shall be payable with respect to the voyages made by ships or by way of periodical payment as the regulations prescribe.
Regulation 15 of the Lighthouses and Light Dues Regulations prescribes the rate of light dues payable. The Budget Statements for 1983/84 include a proposal to increase these dues.
Regulation 2 amends regulation 15 to increase the rate of light dues payable from 49 cents to 53 cents per ton of the tonnage of a ship. The increase is in accordance with the Government’s policy of recovering the full cost of lighthouse servicing and is in accordance with Budget Statements.
Regulation 1 provides for the amendment to come into operation on 1 October 1983.
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