Statutory Rules
1973 No. 186
REGULATIONS UNDER THE POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1972.*
I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Shipping Levy) Act 1972.
Dated this twentieth day of September, 1973.
PAUL HASLUCK
Governor-General.
By His Excellency’s Command,
C. K. JONES
Minister of State for Transport.
POLLUTION OF THE SEA BY OIL (SHIPPING LEVY) REGULATIONS
Citation.
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Shipping Levy) Regulations.
Commencement.
2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the date fixed by Proclamation under sub-section 2(1) of the Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Shipping Levy) Act 1972.
Definition.
3. In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Shipping Levy) Act 1972.
Rate of levy.
4. For the purposes of section 5 of the Act, the rate of levy for a quarter is One cent per ton of the tonnage of a ship.
* Notified in the Australian Government Gazette on 27 September 1973.