EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Land Transport and Shipping Support
Subject - Ships (Capital Grants) Act 1987
Ships (Capital Grants) Regulations (Amendment)
1989 No. 385
Section 42 of the Ships (Capital Grants) Act 1987 (the Act) provides 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 for carrying out or giving effect to the Act.
Subsection 27(1) of the Act provides that the regulations may prescribe fees to be paid in relation to applications or claims under the Act.
Fees payable under the Act in relation to applications or claims were last adjusted in October 1987. In accordance with the Government’s policy of cost recovery in relation to services the fees are amended to meet cost increases since the last adjustment.
The regulations amend Regulation 5 to;
(a) increase the fee in relation to an application under subsection 12(1) of the Act for a category certificate for a ship from $650 to $975
(b) increase the fee in relation to an application under subsection 14(1) of the Act for a variation to a category certificate for a ship from $250 to $375.