EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rule No. 257 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 8
NAVIGATION (MASTER AND SEAMEN) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Regulations amend the Navigation (Master and Seamen) Regulations to increase the fees payable to the Commonwealth in respect of the engagement and discharge of seamen and issue of certificates of service as a seaman and to increase other fees relating to after hours attendance travelling time, postponed and cancelled services and travelling expenses.
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:
Provision |
| Omit | Substitute |
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Paragraph Regulation Paragraph | 9(a) 26 27(2)(a) | $9 $31 78 | $10 $34 86 |
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| 140 280 | 154 308 |
Paragraph | 27(2)(b) | 78 | 86 |
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| 140 280 | 154 308 |
Sub-regulation Sub-regulation Sub-regulation Regulation Regulation Regulation Regulation | 27(4) 27(5) 27(6) 28 29 30 31 | $203 $20 $40 $20 $20 $20 $29 | $223 $22 $44 $22 $22 $22 $32 |