1Purpose

1 Purpose

(1) The purpose of this Act is to adopt in Victoria a national approach to the regulation of marine safety in relation to domestic commercial vessels (the domestic commercial vessel national law).

(2) Accordingly, this Act—

(a) applies the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law as a law of Victoria; and

(b) makes provision to enable the Commonwealth domestic commercial vessel national law and the applied law of Victoria to be administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth (and by Victorian officials as delegates of the Commonwealth) as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth.

Note

A number of aspects of the regulation of domestic commercial vessels are dealt with under the Marine Safety Act 2010 and the Marine (Drug, Alcohol and Pollution Control) Act 1988 and other Victorian Acts. These include matters relating to pilotage, harbour masters, the management of waterways and control of the use of alcohol and other drugs by masters and crew of domestic commercial vessels.

This Act comes into operation on a day to be proclaimed.