Appendix 1: Government policy approval and statutory authority
Summary of government policy approval to cost recover, including date of decision, and statutory authority to charge by activity output, with references, is provided below.
Activity output | Date of decision | Government policy approval | Statutory authority to charge |
Navigation infrastructure | 11 Sep 1990, reaffirmed on 17 Sep 2018 | Implied in second reading of Australian Maritime Safety Authority Bill 1990 and Explanatory Statement of Marine Navigation Levy Collection Regulations 2018 | Part 5, Division 2 of Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 and Explanatory Statement of Marine Navigation Levy Collection Regulations 2018 |
Environmental marine protection | 28 Nov 1989 | Implied in second reading of Australian Maritime Safety Authority Bill 1990 and second reading of Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Bill 1981 | Part 5, Division 2 of Australian Maritime Safety Act 1990, Section 5 of Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act 1981, and National Plan |
Seafarer and ship safety under Navigation Act 2012 and other Acts | Jun 1989 | Implied in second reading of Australian Maritime Safety Authority Bill 1990 and second reading of Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Bill 1991 | Part 5, Division 2 of Australian Maritime Safety Act 1990 and Section 6 of Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Act 1991 |
Marine services Navigation Act 2012 | 11 Sep 1990 | Implied in second reading of Australian Maritime Safety Authority Bill 1990 | Part 5, Division 2 of Australian Maritime Safety Act 1990 and AMSA Fees Determination 2015 |
Ship registration under Shipping Registration Act 1981 | 21 Jun 2012 | Explanatory statement of Shipping Registration Regulations (Amendment) 1991 | Part 5, Division 2 of Australian Maritime Safety Act 1990, Shipping Registration Act 1981, and AMSA Fees Determination 2015 |
Marine services under National System for domestic commercial vessels | 2 Mar 2016 and 4 Dec 2017 | | Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law 2012 and Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law Regulation 2013 |