EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1984 No. 12
Stevedoring Industry Levy (Rates of Levy) Regulations (Amendment)
(Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations)
The Stevedoring Industry Levy Act 1977 provides for the payment of a general levy per man hour of employment for Division A and Division B waterside workers. The rate of the levy was initially set by the Act. However the rates have subsequently been varied by regulations made pursuant to section 12 of the Act.
The Stevedoring Industry (Rates of Levy) Regulations (Amendment) increase the rate per man hour of employment for Division A waterside workers from $1.34 to $1.56 and the rate per man hour of employment for Division B waterside workers from $9 to $10.56.
The increased rates are in line with recommendations made to the Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations by the Stevedoring Industry Finance Committee.