EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO. 231 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
S/R 1987 No.
ATTACHMENT 3
NAVIGATION (CONSTRUCTION) REGULATIONS
The Regulations amend the Navigation (Construction) Regulations as follows:
Regulation 1 provides that the Regulations come into operation on 19 October 1987.
Regulation 2 amends existing subregulation 126(2) by:
(a) increasing the fee payable for an examination of drawings of specimens of a division from $858 to $970; and
(b) reducing the fee payable for attendance of an officer at a standard fire test from $544 to $485.