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This Act may be cited as the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.
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Creates a per‑ton levy on sea‑going ships to fund marine regulatory functions, payable under the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act. Levy is calculated by applying tiered per‑ton rates to a ship’s tonnage (tonnage defined by international or registered measurement) and rates may be prescribed by regulation (secs 3, 6–7). The Governor‑General may set amounts subject to a post‑30 June 1993 cap on annual increases (s8). The Act binds the Crown (s5).
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Direct links to the current provisions in Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.
This Act may be cited as the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.
This Act commences on 1 July 1991.
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).
In this Act, expressions have the same meaning as in the Collection Act.
This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.
Levy payable in respect of a sea‑going ship in accordance with the Collection Act is imposed.
(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.
(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.
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This Act may be cited as the Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991.
This Act commences on 1 July 1991.
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).
In this Act, expressions have the same meaning as in the Collection Act.
This Act binds the Crown in right of each of the States, of the Australian Capital Territory and of the Northern Territory.
Levy payable in respect of a sea‑going ship in accordance with the Collection Act is imposed.
(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.
(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.