EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rule No. 248 of 1985
Issued by the Authority of the Minister of State for Transport
NAVIGATION ACT 1912
Navigation (Cargo-Hazards Pretention) 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 7- Navigation (Load Lines) Regulations
Attachment 6- Navigation (Loading and Unloading-Safety Measures) 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 10
NAVIGATION (TONNAGE MEASUREMENT) REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
The Regulations amend Schedule 6 to the Navigation (Tonnage Measurement) Regulations to increase the fees payable to the Commonwealth for the tonnage measurement of a ship and to increase other fees relating to after hours attendance, cancelled services, waiting time and travelling and subsistence expenses.
Regulation 1 provides for the new fees to come into force on 1 October 1935.
Regulation 2 specifies the new amounts.
Details of the increased amounts follow:
Provision |
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Sub-item | 2(1) | 666 | 733 |
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| 766 1,148 1,531 1,914 2,296 2,296 $575 4,594 $467 5,994 $300 12,572 | 843 1,263 1,684 2,105 2,526 2,526 $633 5,053 $514 6,593 $330 13,829 |
Sub-item | 2(2) | 575 | 633 |
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Sub-item | 2(6) | 72 | 79 |
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| 143 143 $18 | 157 157 $20 |
Sub-item Sub-item | 2(7) 2(11) | $790 72 | $869 79 |
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| 143 143 $18 | 157 157 $20 |
Sub-item Sub-item Sub-item | 2(12) 2(15) 2(16) | $790 $36 $36 | $869 $40 $40 |
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| $180 | $198 |
Sub-item | 3(6) | 72 | 79 |
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| 143 143 | 157 157 |
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| $18 | $20 |
Sub-item Sub-item Sub-item | 3(7) 3(9) 3(10) | $790 $157 $36 | $869 $173 $40 |
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| $180 | $198 |
Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Paragraph Sub-item | 4(1)(a) 4(1)(b) 4(1)(c) 4(2)(a) 4(2)(b) 4(2)(c) 4(4) | $208 $169 $91 $104 $91 $52 $78 | $229 $186 $100 $114 $100 $57 $86 |
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| $312 | $343 |
Sub-item | 4(6) | $100 | $110 |