{"id":"F2007L00385","name":"Stevedoring Levy (Distribution of Surplus Levy) Regulations 2007","slug":"stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"17 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":63423,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00385-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Stevedoring Levy (Distribution of Surplus Levy) Regulations 2007","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nStevedoring Levy (Distribution of Surplus Levy) Regulations 20071\n\nSelect Legislative Instrument 2007 No. 17\n\nI, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Act 1998.\n\nDated 15 February 2007\n\nP. M. JEFFERY\n\nGovernor‑General\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command\n\nDE-ANNE KELLY\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Transport and Regional Services\n\n1 Name of Regulations\n\nThese Regulations are the Stevedoring Levy (Distribution of Surplus Levy) Regulations 2007.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations commence on the day after they are registered.\n\n3 Definitions\n\nIn these Regulations:\n\n> Act means the Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Act 1998.\n\n> responsible person means a person referred to under subsection 8 (1) of the Act.\n\n> surplus levy means the surplus under subsection 19 (1) of the Act.\n\n4 Distribution of surplus levy\n\n(1) For subsection 19 (1) of the Act, the scheme for the distribution of surplus levy is as provided for in this regulation.\n\nStage 1\n\n(2) The amount of surplus levy that each responsible person is to receive is to be calculated as follows:\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\nStage 2\n\n(3) If there is any surplus levy remaining after Stage 1, each responsible person is to receive an amount of the levy calculated as follows:\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\n> Note\n\n> Note: 1. All legislative instruments and compilations are registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments kept under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. See www.frli.gov.au.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2068},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing the mathematical method for distributing surplus levy funds to responsible persons, as authorised by subsection 19(1) of the parent Act. No evidence of scope expansion beyond this specific administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Mathematical calculation formulas embedded as images (Stage 1 and Stage 2)","Cross-references to primary legislation (Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Act 1998) for defined terms ('responsible person', 'surplus levy')","Conditional two-stage logic where Stage 2 only triggers if residual surplus remains after Stage 1"],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations provide the mechanism for returning surplus stevedoring levy funds collected under the Stevedoring Levy (Collection) Act 1998. They direct refunds to the “responsible persons” (the parties liable to pay the levy) and allocate the surplus via a two-stage mathematical distribution process so over-collected industry fees are returned to the companies that paid them."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007","history":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/stevedoring-levy-distribution-of-surplus-levy-regulations-2007/documents"}}