Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991

No. 40, 1991 as amended

Compilation start date:  1 July 2013

Includes amendments up to: Act No. 129, 2012

About this compilation

The compiled Act

This is a compilation of the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991 as amended and in force on 1 July 2013. It includes any amendment affecting the compiled Act to that date.

This compilation was prepared on 1 July 2013.

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending Acts and instruments and the amendment history of each amended provision.

Uncommenced provisions and amendments

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Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Definitions

4 Interpretation

5 Application to Crown

6 Imposition of levy

7 Amount of levy

8 Regulations

Endnotes

Endnote 1—Legislation history

Endnote 2—Amendment history

Endnote 3—Uncommenced amendments [none]

Endnote 4—Misdescribed amendments [none]

An Act to impose a levy on certain sea‑going ships to provide funding for certain marine regulatory and related functions of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority, and for related purposes

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.

2  Commencement

  This Act commences on 1 July 1991.

3  Definitions

  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

Collection Act means the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991.

ton means a whole ton.

tonnage, in relation to a ship, means:

 (a) where the net tonnage of the ship has been determined by a method consistent with the provisions of the International Convention on Tonnage Measurement of Ships, 1969—the net tonnage so determined; or

 (b) in any other case—the net registered tonnage of the ship.

Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 1982 No. 15 ([1982] ATS 15). In 2012, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).

4  Interpretation

  In this Act, expressions have the same meaning as in the Collection Act.

5  Application to Crown

  This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory, of the Northern Territory and of Norfolk Island.

6  Imposition of levy

  Levy payable in respect of a sea‑going ship in accordance with the Collection Act is imposed.

7  Amount of levy

 (1) Where levy is payable in respect of a ship, the amount of levy is the amount, or the total of the amounts, worked out using whichever of the levy rates apply to the ship.

 (2) For the purposes of this Act, each of the following rates is a levy rate in relation to a ship:

 (a) 4 cents, or such other amount as is from time to time prescribed, for each of the first 5,000 tons of the ship’s tonnage;

 (b) 3 cents, or such other amount as is from time to time prescribed, for each ton by which the ship’s tonnage is more than 5,000 tons but not more than 20,000 tons;

 (c) 3 cents, or such other amount as is from time to time prescribed, for each ton by which the ship’s tonnage is more than 20,000 tons but not more than 50,000 tons;

 (d) 2 cents, or such other amount as is from time to time prescribed, for each ton by which the ship’s tonnage is more than 50,000 tons.

8  Regulations

 (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Governor‑General may make regulations for the purposes of subsection 7(2).

 (2) After 30 June 1993, an amount applicable under paragraph 7(2)(a), (b), (c) or (d) must not be increased by more than 15% in any 12 consecutive months.

Endnotes

Endnote 1—Legislation history

This endnote sets out details of the legislation history of the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.

Endnote 2—Amendment history

This endnote sets out the amendment history of the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.

Endnote 3—Uncommenced amendments [none]

There are no uncommenced amendments.

Endnote 4—Misdescribed amendments [none]

There are no misdescribed amendments.