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2019
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial
Vessel) National Law Amendment
(Improving Safety) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
(Senator Sterle)
A Bill for an Act to amend the
Marine Safety
(Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act
2012
, and for related purposes
No. , 2019
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
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Contents
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Short title ........................................................................................... 1
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Commencement ................................................................................. 1
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Schedules ........................................................................................... 2
Schedule 1--Amendments
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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act 2012
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No. , 2019
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
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A Bill for an Act to amend the
Marine Safety
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(Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Act
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2012
, and for related purposes
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The Parliament of Australia enacts:
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1 Short title
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This Act is the
Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel)
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National Law Amendment (Improving Safety)
Act 2019
.
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2 Commencement
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(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table
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commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with
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column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect
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according to its terms.
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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
No. , 2019
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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. Sections 1 to 3
and anything in
this Act not
elsewhere covered
by this table
The day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
2. Schedule 1
The day after this Act receives the Royal
Assent.
Note:
This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally
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enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of
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this Act.
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(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act.
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Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it
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may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
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3 Schedules
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Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or
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repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule
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concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect
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according to its terms.
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Amendments
Schedule 1
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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
Amendment (Improving Safety) Bill 2019
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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law
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Act 2012
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1 After subsection 163(1) of Schedule 1
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Insert:
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(1A) The National Regulator must, by legislative instrument, make a
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Marine Order which:
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(a) requires that if a voyage is less than 12 hours long, the master
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of the vessel must ensure that a head count is conducted of
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passengers on embarkation and disembarkation; and
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(b) applies to all vessels other than the following:
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(i) a Class 4 vessel;
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(ii) a vessel used for the purpose of public transport;
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(iii) a vessel that is more than 24 metres long.
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