312Fee for boating facilities and safety education

312 Fee for boating facilities and safety education (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for or with respect to a fee or other amount to be imposed on licence holders, applicants for licences, persons in whose names vessels are registered or any other class of persons— (a) for the provision and maintenance of boating facilities and services for the public; and S. 312(1)(b) amended by No. 39/2020 s. 5(1). (b) for the conduct of boating safety, boating education and boating promotion programs for the public. (2) The person in whose name a vessel is registered must pay in accordance with the regulations any fee imposed by the Governor in Council under this section, unless— (a) the person or vessel is exempted under section 260; or (b) the vessel is a vessel referred to in section 39(3). (3) Any money available for the purposes of this section must be used for the purposes specified in subsection (1) and may, for those purposes, be paid to any person, authority or organisation approved by the Minister. (4) Section 310(3) and (4) apply to and in relation to a fee imposed under this section. S. 312(5) inserted by No. 39/2020 s. 5(2). (5) A fee under this section for or with respect to the provision and maintenance of boating facilities and services for the public or the conduct of boating safety, boating education and boating promotion programs is not limited to an amount that is related to the cost of providing a service. Chapter 9—Savings and transitional provisions Part 9.1—Definitions 313 Definitions In this Chapter— ***commencement day*** means the day on which section 3 comes into operation; ***Director*** has the same meaning as in the Marine Act; ***general operator licence*** has the same meaning as in the Marine Act; ***Marine Act*** means the **Marine Act 1988**, as in force immediately before the commencement day; ***Marine Act vessel*** means a vessel within the meaning of the Marine Act; ***Marine Regulations*** means the Marine Regulations 2009, as in force immediately before the commencement day; ***personal watercraft endorsement*** has the same meaning as in the Marine Act; ***restricted operator licence*** has the same meaning as in the Marine Act.