Commonwealth Numbered Regulations - Explanatory Statements

[Index] [Search] [Download] [Related Items] [Help]


MARINE NAVIGATION LEVY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) 1994 NO. 469

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

STATUTORY RULES 1994 No. 469

Issued by the Authority of the Minister for Transport

Marine Navigation Levy Act 1989

Marine Navigation Levy Regulations (Amendment)

Subsection 7(2) of the Marine Navigation Levy Act 1989 (the Act) provides:

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

(a)       63 cents, or such other amount (if any) as is from time to time prescribed, for each of the first 5,000 tons of the ship's tonnage;

(b)       53 cents, or such other amount (if any) 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)       43 cents, or such other amount (if any) 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)       33 cents, or such other amount (if any) as is from time to time prescribed, for each ton by which the ship's tonnage is more than 50,000 tons.

Subsection 8(1) of the Act provides that the Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of subsection 7(2).

Regulation 4 of the Marine Navigation Levy Regulations (S.R. 1991 No. 153 as amended by 1992 No. 199, 1993 No. 162 and 1994 No. 206) provides:

4. (1)       For the purposes of paragraph 7 (2)(a) of the Act, 45 cents is prescribed.

(2).       For the purposes of paragraph 7 (2)(b) of the Act, 36 cents is prescribed.

(3)       For the purposes of paragraph 7 (2)(c) of the Act. 27 cents is prescribed.

(4)       For the purposes of paragraph 7 (2)(d) of the Act, 12 cents is prescribed.

The proposed regulation will. in respect of payments for the quarters that commence on 1 January 1995 and 1 April 1995, temporarily reduce the prescribed amounts to 42 cents, 33.5 cents, 25 cents and 11 cents respectively, reflecting the reduced costs of providing modern navigational aids. It is estimated that the lower charges will save the shipping industry about $1.25 million for the two quarters that they are in force.

Details of the regulations are:

Regulation 1 provides that the regulations commence on 1 January 1995.

Regulation 2 provides for amendment of the regulations as set out in proposed regulations 3 and 4.

Regulation 3 provides for the addition of a definition of the term "quarter".

Regulation 4 provides for a reduction in the rate of levy for the quarters beginning on 1 January 1995 and 1 April 1995.


[Index] [Related Items] [Search] [Download] [Help]