EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO. 229 OF 1987
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Land Transport and Infrastructure Support
Subject: Navigation Act 1912 -
Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Compass) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Construction) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations (Amendment)
Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations (Amendment)
Subsection 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912 (‘the Act’) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations, not inconsistent with the Act, prescribing all matters which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act or for the conduct of any business under the Act, and in particular, prescribing matters providing for and in relation to the fixing of fees to be paid in respect of any matters under the Act.
The abovementioned Regulations are made pursuant to that subsection. Fees payable under the Act for services provided to the maritime industry were last adjusted in October 1986.
In accordance with the Government’s policy of cost recovery in relation to those services it is necessary to amend the abovementioned Regulations.
Details of the amending Regulations are given in the following Attachments:
Attachment 1 - Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations
Attachment 2 - Navigation (Compass) Regulations
Attachment 3 - Navigation (Construction) Regulations
Attachment 4 - Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations
Attachment 5 - Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations
ATTACHMENT 1
NAVIGATION (COASTING TRADE) REGULATIONS
The Regulations amend the Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations come into operation on 19 October 1987.
Regulation 2 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 $12 to $15;
(b) increasing the fee payable under subparagraph 25(5)(b)(i) for an application for a single voyage permit for the carriage of cargo from $135 to $170;
(c) increasing the fee payable under subparagraph 25(5)(b)(ii) for priority to be given to an application for a single voyage permit for the carriage of cargo from $270 to $340;
(d) increasing the fee payable under paragraph 25(5)(c) for an application for a continuing permit to operate in the coasting trade from $750 to $800;
(e) increasing the fee payable under subregulation 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 $12 to $15; and
(f) increasing the fee payable under regulation 30 for an application for a licence to engage in the coasting trade from $12 to $15.