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Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Regulations 2024

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 12 September 2024

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Catherine King

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

1 Name

This instrument is the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Regulations 2024.

2 Commencement

(1) Each provision of this instrument 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 instrument	1 October 2024.	1 October 2024

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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

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

3 Authority

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

4 Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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

Note 1: The Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981 is incorporated in, and is to be read as one with, the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 1981 (see section 4 of that Act).

Note 2: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981, including the following:

(a) quarter;

(b) ship;

In this instrument:

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

6 Rate of levy

For the purposes of section 6 of the Act, the rate of levy in respect of a ship for a quarter commencing on or after 1 October 2024 is 11.25 cents per ton of the tonnage of the ship.

7 Minimum amount of levy

For the purposes of section 7 of the Act, the amount for a quarter commencing on or after 1 October 2024 is $10.