EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued under the authority of the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services
Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2007
Proclamation
Subsection 2 (1) of the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2007 (the Act) provides that Schedule 1 to the Act commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if any of the provisions of Schedule 1 do not commence by 1 January 2009, then those provisions do not commence at all. The Act received the Royal Assent on 24 September 2007.
The purpose of the Proclamation is to fix 1 January 2008 as the day on which Schedule 1 to the Act commences.
Schedule 1 to the Act repeals the Maritime College Act 1978 to facilitate the integration of the Australian Maritime College (AMC) with the University of Tasmania (the University).
Schedule 1 to the Act transfers all assets and liabilities of the AMC to the University and provides a set of transitional provisions related with the integration. The commencement date ensures that the integration occurs on 1 January 2008. The commencement date was reached following consultation with the University and the AMC and upon completion of the processes required prior to proclamation. It was intended that Schedule 1 would only commence after all details, including an agreement on use and disposal of AMC lands, had been finalised and the University had created an instrument establishing the AMC as an institute within the University. Both these conditions have been met.
The Proclamation is a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.