Navigation (Construction) Regulations (Amendment)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

Statutory Rule No. 250 of 1985

Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport

NAVIGATION ACT 1912

Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Prevention) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Compass) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Construction) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Loading and Unloading-Safety Measures) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations (Amendment)

Navigation (Master and Seamen) 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, in part, 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 or for the conduct of any business under the Act, and in particular prescribing matters providing for and in relation to the fixing of the fees to be paid in respect of any matters under the Act.

The fees and charges payable under the Act for services provided to the maritime industry were last adjusted in December 1984.

The Government is committed to a policy of cost recovery in relation to these services. With the exception of three Regulations, the amendments involve an across-the-board increase of approximately 10 per cent, to cover the movement in costs since December 1984.

In respect of the Navigation (Coasting Trade) Regulations, the Navigation (Construction) Regulations and the Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations, the amendments are intended to cover the movement in costs since October 1981, comprising an approximate 10 per cent increase in each year.

The amendments commence on 1 October 1985.

Details of the amendments 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 (Construction) Regulations

Attachment 5- Navigation (Deck Cargo) Regulations

Attachment 6- Navigation (Loading and Unloading-Safety Measures) Regulations

Attachment 7- Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations

Attachment 8- Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations

Attachment 9- Navigation (Pig Iron, Coal and Ballast) Regulations

Attachment 10- Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations

Authority: Sub-section 425(1) of the Navigation Act 1912

ATTACHMENT 4

NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

The Regulations amend the Navigation (Construction) Regulations to increase the fees payable to the Commonwealth in relation to the testing of specimens of structural divisions.

Regulation 1 provides for the new fees to come into force on 1 October 1985.

Regulation 2 specifies the new amounts.

Details of the increased amounts follow: