Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008

 

No. 94, 2008

 

 

 

 

 

An Act to amend the law in relation to the protection of the sea, and shipping and marine navigation levies, and for related purposes

 

 

Contents

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Schedule(s)

Schedule 1—Amendments implementing the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Customs) Act 1993

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Excise) Act 1993

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—General) Act 1993

Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

Schedule 2—MARPOL amendments

Navigation Act 1912

Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

Schedule 3—Amendments relating to shipping and marine navigation levies

Marine Navigation Levy Collection Act 1989

Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991

Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981

Schedule 4—Miscellaneous

Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

 

 

Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008

No. 94, 2008

 

 

 

An Act to amend the law in relation to the protection of the sea, and shipping and marine navigation levies, and for related purposes

[Assented to 3 October 2008]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1  Short title

  This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008.

2  Commencement

 (1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.

 

Commencement information

Column 1

Column 2

Column 3

Provision(s)

Commencement

Date/Details

1.  Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 October 2008

2.  Schedule 1

A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.

A Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day on which the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 enters into force for Australia.

However, if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which the Protocol enters into force for Australia, they commence on the first day after the end of that period.

If the provision(s) commence in this way, the Minister must announce by notice in the Gazette the day on which the Protocol enters into force for Australia.

The notice is not a legislative instrument.

13 October 2009

(see
F2009L03731)

3.  Schedule 2, items 1 and 2

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 October 2008

4.  Schedule 2, item 3

1 January 2010.

1 January 2010

5.  Schedule 2, item 4

1 December 2008.

1 December 2008

6.  Schedule 2, items 5 and 6

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 October 2008

7.  Schedule 3

The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3 October 2008

8.  Schedule 4, item 1

Immediately after the commencement of Chapter 3 (other than Part 3.1) of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993.

9 October 1996

9.  Schedule 4, item 2

Immediately after the commencement of Chapter 1 of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993.

8 January 1995

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by both Houses of the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent.

 (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act.

3  Schedule(s)

  Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.


Schedule 1Amendments implementing the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992

 

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Customs) Act 1993

1  Title

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

2  Section 1

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act’s previous short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

3  Section 2

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

4  Section 3

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: The heading to section 3 is altered by omitting “Fund” and substituting “Funds”.

5  Subsection 4(1)

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Excise) Act 1993

6  Title

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

7  Section 1

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act’s previous short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

8  Section 2

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

9  Section 3

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: The heading to section 3 is altered by omitting “Fund” and substituting “Funds”.

10  Subsection 4(1)

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—General) Act 1993

11  Title

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

12  Section 1

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds—”.

Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act’s previous short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

13  Section 2

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

14  Section 3

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: The heading to section 3 is altered by omitting “Fund” and substituting “Funds”.

15  Subsection 4(1)

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

16  Section 1

Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.

Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act’s previous short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).

17  Section 3

Insert:

the 2003 Protocol means the Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage 1992 done at London on 16 May 2003.

Note: The text of the 2003 Protocol is set out in Australian Treaty Series [2005] ATNIF 21. In 2008, the text of the 2003 Protocol in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII Internet site (www.austlii.edu.au).

18  Section 3

Insert:

the Supplementary Fund means The International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund 2003 established by the 2003 Protocol.

19  Section 30

After “Director”, insert “of the 1992 Fund”.

Note: The heading to section 30 is altered by inserting “of the 1992 Fund” after “Director”.

20  After Chapter 3

Insert:

Chapter 3AThe 2003 Protocol

Part 3A.1Outline of Chapter

 

46A  Simplified outline

 (1) The following is a simplified outline of this Chapter:

 (a) the Supplementary Fund is liable to provide compensation for certain oil pollution damage (Part 3A.4);

 (b) certain persons who receive oil in Australian ports and terminals are liable to contribute to the Supplementary Fund (Division 1 of Part 3A.5);

 (c) the Australian Maritime Safety Authority is empowered to collect information about contributors and give information to the Supplementary Fund (Division 3 of Part 3A.5).

 (2) The purpose of the Supplementary Fund is to provide compensation to a person who has established a claim for compensation for certain oil pollution damage and who has not been able to obtain full and adequate compensation for the claim from the 1992 Fund, because the damage does or may exceed the compensation limit for that Fund.

Diagram showing flow of money

 

Part 3A.2Interpretation

 

46B  Interpretation

  Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Chapter and in the 2003 Protocol has the same meaning in this Chapter as in the 2003 Protocol.

Part 3A.3Legal recognition of the Supplementary Fund

 

46C  Supplementary Fund is a legal person

  For the purposes of this Chapter, the Supplementary Fund has the same legal personality as a company incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 and, in particular, may sue and be sued.

46D  Director of the Supplementary Fund is the legal representative of the Supplementary Fund

  For the purposes of this Chapter, the Director of the Supplementary Fund is the legal representative of the Supplementary Fund.

Part 3A.4Compensation

 

46E  Certain provisions of the 2003 Protocol to have the force of law

  The following provisions of the 2003 Protocol have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth:

 (a) Article 1;

 (b) Article 3;

 (c) Article 4;

 (d) Article 5, except to the extent that it imposes an obligation on the Assembly;

 (e) Article 6;

 (f) paragraph 1 of Article 7, to the extent that it applies paragraphs 1, 5 and 6 of Article 7 of the 1992 Convention to actions for compensation brought against the Supplementary Fund in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the 2003 Protocol;

 (g) paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 7;

 (h) Article 9;

 (i) paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 of Article 15, except to the extent that they impose an obligation on the Assembly.

46F  Claims for compensation

 (1) This section applies to an action against the Supplementary Fund for compensation under Article 4 of the 2003 Protocol.

 (2) The action may be brought in the Federal Court of Australia or in the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.

 (3) The court in which an action has been brought may, by order, transfer the proceedings to another court that has jurisdiction with respect to the action.

 (4) The transfer may be made at any stage of the proceedings.

 (5) The court may transfer proceedings on application or on its own initiative.

 (6) If proceedings are transferred from a court:

 (a) all documents filed, and money or guarantees lodged, in that court in those proceedings must be transmitted by the Registrar or other proper officer of that court to the Registrar or other proper officer of the court to which the proceedings are transferred; and

 (b) the court to which the proceedings are transferred must proceed as if:

 (i) the proceedings had originally been instituted in that court; and

 (ii) the same proceedings had been taken in that court as had been taken in the court from which the proceedings were transferred.

46G  Supplementary Fund may intervene in proceedings under the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981

  The Supplementary Fund may intervene in proceedings for compensation arising under Part II of the Protection of the Sea (Civil Liability) Act 1981.

46H  Regulations to give effect to Article 8 of the 2003 Protocol

 (1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to giving effect to Article 8 of the 2003 Protocol, including:

 (a) provision for investing the Supreme Courts of the States with federal jurisdiction and conferring, to the extent that the Constitution permits, jurisdiction on the Supreme Courts of the Territories, with respect to matters arising under regulations made for the purposes of this section; and

 (b) provision for investing jurisdiction on the Federal Court of Australia with respect to matters arising under regulations made for the purposes of this section; and

 (c) provision for fixing fees to be paid in respect of any matters under regulations made for the purposes of this section.

 (2) Subsection (1) does not limit the power of a judge or judges of a court to make rules of court with respect to a matter that is not provided for in regulations made for the purposes of that subsection.

Part 3A.5Contributions to the Supplementary Fund

Division 1Liability to make contributions

46J  Liability to contribute to the Supplementary Fund

 (1) Article 10 of the 2003 Protocol, in so far as it relates to ports or terminal installations in Australia, has the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

 (2) A person is not liable to contribute to the Supplementary Fund because of this Part unless the contributions are imposed by an Act other than this Act.

 (3) For the purposes of Article 10 of the 2003 Protocol as applied by subsection (1), a person (the first person) is an associated person in relation to another person (the second person) if, and only if:

 (a) both the first person and the second person are bodies corporate; and

 (b) the first person and the second person are related to each other within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001.

 (4) For the purposes of this Part (including a provision of the 2003 Protocol as applied by this Part), a contribution required to be paid because of this Part is payable to the Supplementary Fund as agent of the Commonwealth.

46K  Amount of contributions

  Paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 11 (except to the extent that they impose obligations on the Assembly), and Article 18, of the 2003 Protocol, in so far as they relate to Australia, have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

46L  When contributions are due and payable

  Contributions required to be paid by a person because of this Part are due and payable on the day ascertained under paragraph 4 of Article 11 of the 2003 Protocol.

Division 2Recovery of contributions etc.

46M  Late payment penalty

 (1) If:

 (a) any annual contribution payable by a person because of this Part remains unpaid after the time when it became due for payment; and

 (b) the Internal Regulations of the 1992 Fund have fixed, or provided for a method of determining, one or more annual interest rates (IR rates) in accordance with paragraph 1 of Article 13 of the 1992 Convention;

the person is liable to pay, by way of penalty, an amount (late payment penalty). Late payment penalty is calculated at the annual percentage rate equal to whichever of the IR rates is applicable to the person’s circumstances, on the amount unpaid, computed from that time.

 (2) Late payment penalty is payable to the Supplementary Fund on behalf of the Commonwealth.

46N  Supplementary Fund to be paid amounts equal to amounts of contributions

 (1) Amounts received, or purporting to be received, under section 46J or 46M must be paid to the Commonwealth.

 (2) If an amount is paid to the Commonwealth under subsection (1), the Commonwealth must pay to the Supplementary Fund an amount equal to that amount.

 (3) A payment of an amount to the Supplementary Fund under subsection (2) is subject to the condition that, if the Commonwealth becomes liable to refund the whole or part of that amount, the Supplementary Fund must pay to the Commonwealth an amount equivalent to the amount that the Commonwealth is liable to refund.

 (4) The Consolidated Revenue Fund is appropriated for the purposes of subsection (2).

46P  Recovery of contributions and late payment penalty

 (1) The following amounts may be recovered by the Supplementary Fund, on behalf of the Commonwealth, as debts due to the Commonwealth:

 (a) contributions that are required to be paid because of this Part and that are due and payable;

 (b) late payment penalty that is due and payable.

 (2) For the purposes of an action or proceeding under subsection (1), liability to costs is to be determined as if the Supplementary Fund were a party to the action or proceeding and the Commonwealth were not a party.

 (3) The Supplementary Fund is not entitled to recover from the Commonwealth any costs or other expenses it incurs in recovering an amount referred to in subsection (1).

46Q  Regulations relating to recovery of contributions etc.

 (1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to the following:

 (a) the methods by which contributions required to be paid because of this Part may be paid;

 (b) the methods by which late payment penalty may be paid;

 (c) refunds of, or of overpayments of, contributions.

 (2) Without limiting paragraphs (1)(a) and (b), regulations made for the purposes of those paragraphs may make provision for and in relation to the making of payments using electronic funds transfer systems.

Division 3Recordkeeping and returns etc.

46R  Authority to inform Supplementary Fund

 (1) Article 13, paragraph 1 of Article 15, and Article 20 of the 2003 Protocol, in so far as they relate to Australia, have the force of law as part of the law of the Commonwealth.

 (2) For the purposes of the following provisions of the 2003 Protocol:

 (a) Article 13; and

 (b) paragraph 1 of Article 15; and 

 (c) Article 20, in so far as it relates to annual communications made after the instrument referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 19 is deposited;

as so having the force of law, an obligation imposed on Australia is taken to be imposed on the Authority.

 (3) The Authority may inform the Supplementary Fund of such additional matters relating to contributions as the Authority considers appropriate.

46S  Recordkeeping and returns etc.

 (1) The regulations may make provision for and in relation to requiring a person:

 (a) to keep and retain records, where the records are relevant to ascertaining the person’s liability to make contributions required to be paid because of this Part; and

 (b) to give information and returns to the Authority, where the information or returns are relevant to ascertaining a person’s liability to make contributions required to be paid because of this Part; and

 (c) to:

 (i) produce documents to the Authority; or

 (ii) make copies of documents and give the copies to the Authority;

  where the documents are relevant to ascertaining a person’s liability to make contributions required to be paid because of this Part.

 (2) The regulations may provide that information or returns given to the Authority in accordance with a requirement covered by paragraph (1)(b) must be verified by statutory declaration.

 (3) A person is entitled to be paid by the Authority reasonable compensation for making copies in the course of complying with a requirement covered by subparagraph (1)(c)(ii).

 (4) A person is not excused from giving information or a return or producing a document or a copy of a document under regulations made for the purposes of this Division on the ground that the information or return or the production of the document or copy might tend to incriminate the person or expose the person to a penalty. However:

 (a) giving the information or return or producing the document or copy; or

 (b) any information, return, document or thing obtained as a direct or indirect consequence of giving the information or return or producing the document or copy;

is not admissible in evidence against the person in:

 (c) criminal proceedings other than proceedings under, or arising out of, section 46R or 46S; or

 (d) proceedings for recovery of an amount of late payment penalty.

46T  Failure to give information or returns

 (1) A person commits an offence if:

 (a) the person is required under regulations made for the purposes of this Division to give any information or return to the Authority; and

 (b) the person engages in conduct; and

 (c) the person’s conduct contravenes the requirement.

Penalty: 300 penalty units.

 (2) Strict liability applies to paragraph (1)(a).

Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.

 (3) In this section:

engage in conduct means:

 (a) do an act; or

 (b) omit to perform an act.

46U  False information or returns

  A person must not, in purported compliance with regulations made for the purposes of this Division, intentionally give information or a return that, to the person’s knowledge, is false or misleading in a material particular.

Penalty: 500 penalty units.

21  Chapter 4 (heading)

Repeal the heading, substitute:

Chapter 4Miscellaneous

22  Before section 47

Insert:

46V  Treatment of partnerships

 (1) This Act applies to a partnership as if it were a person, but with the changes set out in this section.

 (2) An obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the partnership by this Act is imposed on each partner instead, but may be discharged by any of the partners.

 (3) An offence against this Act that would otherwise be committed by the partnership is taken to have been committed by each partner.

 (4) A partner does not commit an offence because of subsection (3) if the partner:

 (a) does not know of the circumstances that constitute the contravention of the provision concerned; or

 (b) knows of those circumstances but takes all reasonable steps to correct the contravention as soon as possible after the partner becomes aware of those circumstances.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (4): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.

46W  Treatment of unincorporated associations

 (1) This Act applies to an unincorporated association as if it were a person, but with the changes set out in this section.

 (2) An obligation that would otherwise be imposed on the association by this Act is imposed on each member of the association’s committee of management instead, but may be discharged by any of the members.

 (3) An offence against this Act that would otherwise be committed by the association is taken to have been committed by each member of the association’s committee of management.

 (4) A member of the association’s committee of management does not commit an offence because of subsection (3) if the member:

 (a) does not know of the circumstances that constitute the contravention of the provision concerned; or

 (b) knows of those circumstances but takes all reasonable steps to correct the contravention as soon as possible after the member becomes aware of those circumstances.

Note: A defendant bears an evidential burden in relation to the matters in subsection (4): see subsection 13.3(3) of the Criminal Code.


Schedule 2MARPOL amendments

 

Navigation Act 1912

1  Section 267A

After “14,”, insert “15,”.

Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983

2  Subsection 9(4)

Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (4) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2) but subject to subsection (5), subsection (1B) does not apply to:

 (a) the discharge of oil or an oily mixture from a ship that is not within a special area, if the following conditions are satisfied:

 (i) the ship has a gross tonnage of equal to or greater than 400;

 (ii) the ship is proceeding en route;

 (iii) the oily mixture is processed using oil filtering equipment meeting the requirements set out by regulation made for the purposes of this subparagraph under section 267A of the Navigation Act 1912;

 (iv) the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts in 1,000,000 parts;

 (v) if the ship is an oil tanker—the oily mixture does not originate from the cargo pump room bilges of the ship and is not mixed with oil cargo residues; and

 (b) the discharge of oil or an oily mixture from a ship within a special area other than the Antarctic area, if the following conditions are satisfied:

 (i) the ship has a gross tonnage of equal to or greater than 400;

 (ii) the ship is proceeding en route;

 (iii) the oily mixture is processed using oil filtering equipment meeting the requirements set out by regulation made for the purposes of this subparagraph under section 267A of the Navigation Act 1912;

 (iv) the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts per 1,000,000 parts;

 (v) if the ship is an oil tanker—the oily mixture does not originate from the cargo pump room bilges of the ship and is not mixed with oil cargo residues; and

 (c) the discharge of oil or an oily mixture within an area other than the Antarctic area from a ship, if the following conditions are satisfied:

 (i) the ship has a gross tonnage of less than 400;

 (ii) the ship is proceeding en route;

 (iii) the ship has in operation equipment, of a kind that meets the requirements set out by regulation made for the purposes of this subparagraph under section 267A of the Navigation Act 1912, that ensures that the oil content of the effluent without dilution does not exceed 15 parts in 1,000,000 parts;

 (iv) if the ship is an oil tanker—the oily mixture does not originate from the cargo pump room bilges of the ship and is not mixed with oil cargo residues; and

 (d) the discharge of oil or an oily mixture (other than washings contaminated with oil) from the cargo area of an oil tanker that is not within a special area, if the following conditions are satisfied:

 (i) the tanker has a gross tonnage of 150 or more;

 (ii) the tanker is more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest land;

 (iii) the tanker is proceeding en route;

 (iv) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed 30 litres per nautical mile;

 (v) if the tanker is delivered on or before 31 December 1979—the total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not exceed one part in 15,000 parts of the total quantity of the cargo of oil of which oil discharged formed a part;

 (vi) if the tanker is delivered after 31 December 1979—the total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not exceed one part in 30,000 parts of the total quantity of the cargo of oil of which oil discharged formed a part;

 (vii) the tanker has in operation an oil discharge monitoring and control system and a slop tank arrangement as required by regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph under section 267A of the Navigation Act 1912; and

 (e) the discharge of washings contaminated with oil from an oil tanker that is not within a special area, if the following conditions are satisfied:

 (i) the tanker is more than 50 nautical miles from the nearest land;

 (ii) the tanker is proceeding en route;

 (iii) the instantaneous rate of discharge of oil content does not exceed 30 litres per nautical mile;

 (iv) if the tanker is delivered on or before 31 December 1979—the total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not exceed one part in 15,000 parts of the total quantity of the cargo of oil of which oil discharged formed a part;

 (v) if the tanker is delivered after 31 December 1979—the total quantity of oil discharged into the sea does not exceed one part in 30,000 parts of the total quantity of the cargo of oil of which oil discharged formed a part;

 (vi) the tanker has in operation an oil discharge monitoring and control system and a slop tank arrangement as required by regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph under section 267A of the Navigation Act 1912; and

 (f) the discharge of oil or an oily mixture from the cargo area of an oil tanker, either within or outside a special area, if the discharge is of clean or segregated ballast.

3  Subsection 26A(1) (definition of harmful substance)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

harmful substance means a substance which either:

 (a) is identified as a marine pollutant in the International Maritime Dangerous Goods (IMDG) Code; or

 (b) meets the criteria in the Appendix of Annex III of the Convention.

4  Paragraph 26D(6)(c)

After “holding tanks”, insert “, or originates from spaces containing living animals”.

5  Paragraph 26FA(8)(b)

Repeal the paragraph, substitute:

 (b) if the entry is made in relation to a prescribed operation—must be signed by the officer or other person in charge of the operation.

6  Paragraph 33(1)(f)

Omit “30 penalty units”, substitute “50 penalty units”.


Schedule 3Amendments relating to shipping and marine navigation levies

 

Marine Navigation Levy Collection Act 1989

1  Section 3 (definition of Australian port)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian port means a place appointed, proclaimed or prescribed as a port under the Customs Act 1901, or under a law of a State or the Northern Territory.

Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991

2  Section 3 (definition of Australian port)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian port means a place appointed, proclaimed or prescribed as a port under the Customs Act 1901, or under a law of a State or the Northern Territory.

Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981

3  Subsection 4(1) (definition of Australian port)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Australian port means a place appointed, proclaimed or prescribed as a port under the Customs Act 1901, or under a law of a State or the Northern Territory.

4  Subsection 4(1)

Insert:

authorised person means a person appointed under section 4B.

5  Subsection 4(1) (definition of Collector)

Repeal the definition, substitute:

Collector means:

 (a) a Collector within the meaning of the Customs Act 1901; or

 (b) an authorised person.

6  After section 4A

Insert:

4B  Appointment of authorised person

 (1) The Minister may, in writing, appoint a person to be an authorised person for the purposes of this Act.

 (2) The Minister may, in writing, delegate the power of appointment under subsection (1) to an officer of the Department.


Schedule 4Miscellaneous

 

Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993

1  Paragraph 27(c)

Omit “(Part 3.7)”, substitute “(Part 3.6)”.

2  Article 1 of Schedule 3

Omit “or this”, substitute “of this”.

 

 

 

 

 

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

House of Representatives on 18 June 2008

Senate on 26 June 2008]

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