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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
2016-2017-2018
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Presented and read a first time
Shipping Registration Amendment Bill
2018
No. , 2018
(Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Shipping Registration
Act 1981, and for related purposes
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Shipping Registration Amendment Bill 2018
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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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Shipping Registration Act 1981
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No. , 2018
Shipping Registration Amendment Bill 2018
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A Bill for an Act to amend the Shipping Registration
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Act 1981, 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 Shipping Registration Amendment Act 2018.
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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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Commencement information
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Provisions
Commencement
Date/Details
1. The whole of
this Act
A single day to be fixed by Proclamation.
However, if the provisions do not commence
within the period of 6 months beginning on
the day this Act receives the Royal Assent,
they commence on the day after the end of
that period.
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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Schedule 1--Amendments
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Shipping Registration Act 1981
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1 Subsection 3(1)
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Insert:
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approved form, in relation to a provision of this Act, means a form
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approved in an instrument under section 3B for the purposes of that
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provision.
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Note:
This subsection defines this Act to include the regulations.
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2 Subsection 3(6)
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Omit "a prescribed form", substitute "an approved form".
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3 After section 3A
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Insert:
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3B Approved forms
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(1) The Authority may, by writing, approve a form for the purposes of
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a provision of this Act.
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Note:
Subsection 3(1) defines this Act to include the regulations.
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(2) The Authority may approve different forms of a registration
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certificate, or a provisional registration certificate, for different
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kinds of ships.
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(3) Subsection (2) does not limit subsection 33(3A) of the Acts
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Interpretation Act 1901.
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(4) The Authority must publish each approved form on its website.
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4 Paragraph 19(2)(a)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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5 Subsection 21(2)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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6 Paragraph 21(7)(a)
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After "ship", insert "in accordance with the approved form".
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7 Subsection 22(1)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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8 At the end of subsection 22(6)
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Add "in accordance with the approved form".
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9 Subsections 22A(1) and (2)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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10 At the end of subsection 22A(6)
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Add "in accordance with the approved form".
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11 Subsection 23(2)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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12 Subsections 47A(1) and (4)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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13 Paragraph 65(1)(d)
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Omit "prescribed form", substitute "approved form".
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14 Subsection 65(3)
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Repeal the subsection, substitute:
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(3) If a proper officer grants a provisional registration certificate under
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this section, he or she must forward the following to the Registrar:
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(a) a copy of the certificate;
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(b) a statement in accordance with the regulations setting out
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particulars relating to the grant of the certificate;
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(c) the documents prescribed by the regulations for the purposes
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of this paragraph.
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15 Subsection 83(2)
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After "the regulations may make provision for and in relation to", insert
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"the following".
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16 Paragraph 83(2)(a)
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Before "manner", insert "form and".
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17 Paragraph 83(2)(b)
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After "documents", insert "(including statutory declarations)".
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18 Paragraph 83(2)(e)
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Before "manner", insert "form and".
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19 At the end of paragraph 83(2)(e)
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Add:
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and (iii) to refuse applications if the documents or information to
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be lodged in connection with, or in support of,
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applications are not lodged in the form and manner, or
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within the time, prescribed by the regulations; and
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(iv) upon application, to extend the time for lodging
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documents or information;
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20 After paragraph 83(2)(e)
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Insert:
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(ea) if the regulations require a document to be lodged with, or
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produced to, the Registrar or a proper officer and to be signed
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by a person--how the signing requirement is met (which may
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include a witnessing requirement);
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21 Paragraph 83(2)(n)
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After "ships", insert ", including providing for the Authority to
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determine the ports that may be selected as home ports for registered
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ships".
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22 Paragraph 83(2)(p)
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Repeal the paragraph, substitute:
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(p) the requirements for the marking of ships for the purposes of
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section 26, including:
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(i) providing for the Authority, by written instrument, to
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exempt a particular ship from the whole or a part of
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those requirements, subject to any conditions specified
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in the instrument; or
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(ii) providing for the Authority, by legislative instrument, to
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exempt ships included in a class of ships from the whole
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or a part of those requirements, subject to any
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conditions specified in the instrument;
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23 Paragraph 83(2)(w)
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Omit "and".
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