Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Regulation 2014

Select Legislative Instrument No. 85, 2014

I, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK MC (Ret’d), Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation.

Dated 12 June 2014

Peter Cosgrove

Governor‑General

By His Excellency’s Command

Warren Truss

Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development

Contents

1 Name of regulation

2 Commencement

3 Authority

4 Schedule(s)

5 Definitions

6 Rate of levy

7 Minimum amount of levy

Schedule 1—Repeal

Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Regulations 1982

1 Name of regulation

This regulation is the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Regulation 2014.

2 Commencement

This regulation commences on 1 July 2014.

3 Authority

This regulation is made under the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 1981.

4 Schedule(s)

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

5 Definitions

In this regulation:

Act means the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 1981.

6 Rate of levy

For section 6 of the Act, the rate of levy in respect of a ship for a quarter commencing on or after 1 July 2014 is 11.25 cents per ton of the tonnage of the ship.

7 Minimum amount of levy

For section 7 of the Act, the amount for a quarter commencing on or after 1 July 2014 is $10.