2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator Sterle)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Amendment (Improving Safety) Act 2019.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table | The day this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
| 2. Schedule 1 | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
1 After subsection 163(1) of Schedule 1
Insert:
(1A) The National Regulator must, by legislative instrument, make a Marine Order which:
(a) requires that if a voyage is less than 12 hours long, the master of the vessel must ensure that a head count is conducted of passengers on embarkation and disembarkation; and
(b) applies to all vessels other than the following:
(i) a Class 4 vessel;
(ii) a vessel used for the purpose of public transport;
(iii) a vessel that is more than 24 metres long.