Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment) 1991 No. 411
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES 1991 No. 411
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Shipping and Aviation Support
Navigation Act 1912
Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment)
Section 425 of the Navigation Act 1912 (the Act) provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of the Act.
The Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations specify the fees payable in respect of applications for Coasting Trade Licences and Single Voyage Permits (SVPs) under the Coasting Trade Provisions of the Act.
Fees payable in respect of applications under the Coasting Trade Provisions of the Act were last adjusted in October 1990. In accordance with the Government's policy of cost recovery in relation to services provided, the fees are amended to meet cost increases of 5%.
The regulations amend Regulation 25 to;
- increase the fee payable in respect of an application for an SVP for the carriage of passengers from $21 to $22,
- increase the fee payable in respect of. an application for an SVP for the carriage of cargo from $384 to $403,
- where an application for a cargo SVP is required to be processed by close of business on the next working day the application fee is to be increased from $768 to $806.