EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1986 NO. 370
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport
Subject: Navigation Act 1912
Navigation (Cargo - Hazards Prevention) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Compass) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations (Amendment)
Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing matters providing for and in relation to the fixing of the fees to be paid in respect of any matters under the Act.
Fees payable under the Act for services provided to the maritime industry were last adjusted in October 1985.
In accordance with the Government’s policy of cost recovery in relation to those services and as directed by the Minister for Finance, the Department has recently completed a detailed review of fees for services provided under the Act.
The Minister for Finance has accepted the proposed fee adjustments for 1986/85 as an appropriate step in a 5 year program to reach full cost recovery for services. Details of the amending Regulations are given in the following attachments:
Attachment 1 - Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Prevention) Regulations
Attachment 2 - Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations
Attachment 3 - Navigation (Compass) Regulations
Attachment 4 - Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations
Attachment 5 - Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations
Attachment 6 - Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations.
ATTACHMENT 2
NAVIGATION (COASTING TRADE) REGULATIONS
The Regulations amend the Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations come into operation on 1 October 1986.
Regulation 2 amends existing regulation 25 by:
(a) replacing the scale of fees in sub-paragraph (5) (b) (i) for an application for a single voyage permit for the carriage of cargo with a single fee of $135; and
(b) replacing the scale of fees in sub-paragraph (5) (b) (ii) for priority to be given to an application for a single voyage permit for the carriage of cargo with a single fee of $270.
Regulation 3 amends the existing regulations by:
(a) increasing the fee payable under paragraph 25 (5) (a) for an application for a single voyage permit for the carriage of passengers from $8 to $12;
(b) increasing the fee payable under paragraph 25 (5) (c) for an application for a continuing permit to operate in the coasting trade from $358 to $750;
(c) increasing the fee payable under sub-regulation 26 (2) for the issue of a certificate entitling a ship to exemption from an Order made by the Governor-General under section 422A of the Act from $8 to $12; and
(d) increasing the fee payable under regulation 30 for an application for a licence to engage in the coasting trade from $8 to $12.