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Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2018

No. 138, 2018

An Act to amend maritime legislation, and for related purposes

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2018

No. 138, 2018

An Act to amend maritime legislation, and for related purposes

[Assented to 29 November 2018]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:

1 Short title

This Act is the Maritime Legislation Amendment Act 2018.

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
Provisions	Commencement	Date/Details
1. The whole of this Act	The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent.	30 November 2018

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.

(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.

3 Schedules

Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments

Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012

1 At the end of section 3

Add:

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the term “regulations”.

2 Section 6 of Schedule 1

Insert:

regulations (except in sections 159(1), 163(1) and 164 and any other provision where the context indicates otherwise) includes Marine Orders made under section 163(1).

3 At the end of section 159 of Schedule 1

Add:

(7) A reference to this Law in this section does not include a reference to regulations or any other legislative instrument made under this Law.

4 At the end of section 165 of Schedule 1

Add:

(7) A reference to this Law in subsection (3) does not include a reference to regulations or any other legislative instrument made under this Law.

Navigation Act 2012

5 Subsection 14(1)

Insert:

regulations (except in subsections 331(2), 339(1), 341(2), 342(1) and 343(1) and any other provision where the context indicates otherwise) includes Marine Orders made under subsection 342(1).