Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsAct No. 78 of 1990 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 27 December 2011
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 46 of 2011
The text of any of those amendments not in force
on that date is appended in the Notes section
The operation of
amendments that have been incorporated may be
affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and
Publishing,
Attorney-General's Department, Canberra
Contents
Part 1--Preliminary 1
1............ Short title [see Note 1] ........................................................................ 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1] .............................................................. 1
2A......... Main objects of this Act ...................................................................... 1
3............ Interpretation ....................................................................................... 1
4............ Extension to external Territories .......................................................... 3
Part 2--Establishment, functions and powers of Authority 4
5............ Establishment of Authority ................................................................. 4
6............ Functions of Authority ........................................................................ 4
7............ Functions to be performed in accordance with international agreements 5
8............ Directions ............................................................................................ 5
9............ Reimbursement of cost of complying with directions ......................... 6
9A......... Minister may give Authority notices about its strategic direction etc. .. 6
9B......... Minister may direct Authority to give documents and information to nominee 7
10.......... Powers of Authority ........................................................................... 7
11.......... Disclosure of information ................................................................... 8
12.......... Consultation ........................................................................................ 8
Part 3--Constitution of Authority 9
13.......... Constitution of Authority .................................................................... 9
14.......... Period of appointment of members ..................................................... 9
15.......... Remuneration and allowances of members ....................................... 10
16.......... Outside employment ......................................................................... 10
17.......... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 10
18.......... Acting appointments ......................................................................... 11
20.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 12
21.......... Termination of appointment .............................................................. 12
22.......... Meetings ........................................................................................... 13
23.......... Conduct of meetings ......................................................................... 14
24.......... Resolutions without meetings ........................................................... 14
Part 4--Operation of Authority 15
25.......... Corporate plan ................................................................................... 15
26.......... Minister's response to corporate plan ............................................... 15
27.......... Performance indicators ...................................................................... 16
Part 5--Finance 17
Division 1--General 17
30.......... Transfers of certain Commonwealth assets to Authority ................... 17
31.......... Statutory transfer of land etc. to Authority ........................................ 17
32.......... Effects of transfers from Commonwealth to Authority ..................... 18
33.......... Liabilities in respect of personnel ...................................................... 19
34.......... Money paid in advance to the Commonwealth .................................. 19
35.......... Rights in respect of services and facilities formerly provided by Department 19
36.......... Capital of Authority .......................................................................... 20
37.......... Exemption from tax ........................................................................... 21
39.......... Borrowings from Commonwealth .................................................... 21
40.......... Borrowings otherwise than from Commonwealth ............................ 21
41.......... Guarantee of borrowings by Authority ............................................. 21
42.......... Authority may give security .............................................................. 23
Division 2--Charges and levies 24
46.......... Interpretation ..................................................................................... 24
47.......... Charges for services and facilities ..................................................... 24
48.......... Payment of amounts of levy to Authority ......................................... 27
Part 6--Chief Executive Officer, staff and consultants 28
49.......... Chief Executive Officer ..................................................................... 28
50.......... Chief Executive Officer not to engage in other work ........................ 28
51.......... Remuneration and allowances of Chief Executive Officer ................ 28
51A....... Leave of absence ............................................................................... 29
52.......... Resignation ....................................................................................... 29
53.......... Term of office ................................................................................... 29
54.......... Acting Chief Executive Officer ......................................................... 29
55.......... Staff of Authority .............................................................................. 30
56.......... Consultants ....................................................................................... 30
Part 7--Miscellaneous 31
57.......... Delegation by Minister ...................................................................... 31
58.......... Delegation by Authority .................................................................... 31
59.......... Substitution of Authority for Commonwealth in contracts etc. ......... 31
60.......... Publication of directions .................................................................... 32
61.......... Regulations ...................................................................................... 32
Part 8--Amendments of other Acts 33
62.......... Amendments of other Acts ............................................................... 33
Part 9--Transitional provisions 34
63.......... Actions etc. under provisions amended or repealed .......................... 34
Schedule--Amendments of Acts 35
Notes 37
Notes to
the
Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act
1990 Note 1 The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 as
shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 78, 1990 amended as indicated
in the Tables below. All relevant information pertaining to application, saving or
transitional provisions prior to 22 February 2005 is not included in this
compilation. For subsequent
information see Table A. Table of Acts
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Act |
Number |
Date |
Date of commencement |
Application, saving or transitional provisions |
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78, 1990 |
22 Oct 1990 |
Ss. 35, 48, 62 and 63: 1 Jan 1991 |
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Marine Navigation (Regulatory Functions) Levy Collection Act 1991 |
41, 1991 |
27 Mar 1991 |
1 July 1991 |
-- |
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101, 1991 |
27 June 1991 |
Part 2 (ss. 4-6): 10 Dec 1991 (see Gazette 1991, No. S332) (a) |
-- |
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|
Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act 1991 |
173, 1991 |
25 Nov 1991 |
S. 56: (b) |
-- |
|
Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992 |
71, 1992 |
26 June 1992 |
Part 3 (ss. 7, 8): Royal Assent (c) |
-- |
|
Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993 |
5, 1994 |
18 Jan 1994 |
Schedule (item 9): 22 Oct 1990 (d) |
-- |
|
88, 1995 |
20 July 1995 |
S. 77: 6 Nov 1995 (see Gazette 1995, No. S423) (e) |
-- |
|
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95, 1995 |
27 July 1995 |
Schedule 1 (Part C [items 1-3, 6, |
Ss. 4-7 |
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as amended by |
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152, 1997 |
24 Oct 1997 |
Schedule 3 (items 30, 32): 27 July 1995 (g) |
-- |
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43, 1996 |
25 Oct 1996 |
Schedule 3 (item 4): 22 Oct 1990 (h) |
-- |
|
|
Transport Legislation Amendment (Search and Rescue Service) Act 1997 |
130, 1997 |
17 Sept 1997 |
1 Nov 1997 (see Gazette 1997, No. S438) |
-- |
|
152, 1997 |
24 Oct 1997 |
Schedule 2 (items 368-374): 1 Jan 1998 (see Gazette 1997, No. GN49) (i) |
-- |
|
|
Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 |
146, 1999 |
11 Nov 1999 |
Schedule 1 (items 203-206): 5 Dec 1999 (see Gazette 1999, No. S584) (j) |
-- |
|
156, 1999 |
24 Nov 1999 |
Schedule 10 (item 41): 13 Mar 2000 (see Gazette 2000, No. S114) (k) |
-- |
|
|
Transport Safety Investigation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 |
19, 2003 |
11 Apr 2003 |
Schedule 1 (item 4): (l) |
-- |
|
134, 2003 |
17 Dec 2003 |
Schedules 1 and 2: 1 Mar 2004 (see Gazette
2004, No. GN8) |
-- |
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8, 2005 |
22 Feb 2005 |
Schedule 2 (items 51-55, 174): Royal Assent |
Sch. 2 (item 174) [see Table A] |
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150, 2007 |
24 Sept 2007 |
Schedule 2: |
-- |
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20, 2009 |
26 Mar 2009 |
Schedule 1 (item 69): 1 July 2009 |
-- |
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Trade Practices Amendment (Australian Consumer Law) Act (No. 2) 2010 |
103, 2010 |
13 July 2010 |
Schedule 6 (items 1, 27-31): 1 Jan 2011 |
-- |
|
Statute Law Revision Act 2011 |
5, 2011 |
22 Mar 2011 |
Schedule 5 (items 30-33) and Schedule 7 (item 22): 19 Apr 2011 |
-- |
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Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 |
46, 2011 |
27 June 2011 |
Schedule 2 (items 189-194) and Schedule 3 (items 10, 11): 27 Dec 2011 |
Sch. 3 (items 10, 11) [see Table A] |
(a) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Part 2 (sections 4-6) only of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Part 2 and sections 3, 13, 14, 20 and 21 commence:
(a) on the same day as the Schedule to the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 1991 commences; or
(b) if that Schedule has commenced before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent--on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(b) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by section 56 only of the Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act 1991, subsection 2(9) of which provides as follows:
(9) The amendment of subsection 48(1) of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 in the Schedule is taken to have commenced immediately after section 48 of that Act commenced.
Section 48 commenced on 1 January 1991.
(c) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Part 3 (sections 7 and 8) only of the Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1992, subsection 2(1) of which provides as follows:
(1) Subject to this section, this Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
(d) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by the Schedule (item 9) only of the Transport and Communications Legislation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1993, subsection 2(7) of which provides as follows:
(7) The amendment contained in item 9 of the Schedule is taken to have commenced on 22 October 1990.
(e) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by section 77 only of the Competition Policy Reform Act 1995, subsection 2(2) of which provides as follows:
(2) Part 3 commences on a day to be fixed by Proclamation. However, if Part 3 does not commence by Proclamation within the period of 6 months beginning on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, then it commences on the first day after the end of that period.
(f) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 1 (Part C [items 1-20]) only of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1995, subsections 2(3) and (4) of which provide as follows:
(3) The following provisions commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent or 1 July 1995, whichever is later:
(a) Part C of Schedule 1 (except items 4, 5 and 7);
(4) Items 4, 5 and 7 of Part C of Schedule 1 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
(g) The Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1995 was amended by Schedule 3 (items 30 and 32) of the Audit (Transitional and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, paragraph (3)(h) of which provides as follows:
(h) the amendments of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1995 are taken to have commenced on the day on which that Act received the Royal Assent.
(h) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 3 (item 4) only of the Statute Law Revision Act 1996, subsection 2(3) of which provides as follows:
(3) Each item in Schedule 3 is taken to have commenced when the Act containing the provision amended by the item received the Royal Assent.
(i) The Australian
Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 2 (items
368-374) and Schedule 3 (item 3) only of the Audit (Transitional
and Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1997, subsections 2(2) and (3)(c) of which
provide as follows:
(2) Schedules 1, 2 and 4 commence on the same day as the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
(3) Schedule 3 commences as follows
(c) the amendments of the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(j) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority
Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 1 (items
203-206) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional)
Amendment Act 1999 subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows:
(1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences.
(2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time.
(k) The Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990 was amended by Schedule 10 (item 41) only of the Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 subsection 2(2)(c) of which provides as follows:
(2) The following provisions commence on a day or days to be fixed by Proclamation:
(c) the items in Schedules 10, 11 and 12.
(l) Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Transport Safety Investigation (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 provides as follows:
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Commencement information |
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Column 1 |
Column 2 |
Column 3 |
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Provision(s) |
Commencement |
Date/Details |
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2. Schedule 1 |
Immediately after the commencement of section 3 of the Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 |
1 July 2003 (see Gazette 2003, No. S229) |
Table of Amendments
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ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted |
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Provision affected |
How affected |
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Part 1 |
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S. 2A................................... |
ad. No. 95, 1995 |
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am. No. 130, 1997 |
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S. 3...................................... |
am. No. 130, 1997; No. 5, 2011 |
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Part 2 |
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Note to s. 5(2).................... |
ad. No. 152, 1997 |
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S. 6...................................... |
am. No. 71, 1992; No. 130, 1997; No. 19, 2003; No. 20, 2009 |
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S. 9...................................... |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
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Ss. 9A, 9B........................... |
ad. No. 95, 1995 |
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am. No. 95, 1995 (as am. by No. 152, 1997) |
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S. 10.................................... |
am. No. 152, 1997 |
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Note to s. 10(2).................. |
ad. No. 152, 1997 |
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S. 11.................................... |
rep. No. 152, 1997 |
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ad. No. 150, 2007 |
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Part 3 |
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S. 13.................................... |
am. No. 130, 1997 |
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S. 17.................................... |
rs. No. 101, 1991 |
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am. No. 146, 1999 |
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S. 18.................................... |
am. No. 46, 2011 |
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Notes to s. 18(1)-(3)......... |
ad. No. 46, 2011 |
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S. 19.................................... |
rep. No. 152, 1997 |
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S. 21.................................... |
am. No. 101, 1991; No. 95, 1995 (as am. by No. 152, 1997); No. 152, 1997; No. 156, 1999 |
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Part 4 |
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S. 25.................................... |
rs. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 26.................................... |
am. No. 5, 1994 |
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rs. No. 95, 1995 |
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Heading to s. 27................ |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 27.................................... |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 28.................................... |
rep. No. 152, 1997 |
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S. 29.................................... |
rep. No. 95, 1995 |
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Part 5 |
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Division 1 |
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S. 32.................................... |
am. No. 5, 2011 |
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S. 37.................................... |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 38.................................... |
rep. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 39.................................... |
am. No. 5, 2011 |
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S. 41.................................... |
am. No. 8, 2005; No. 5, 2011 |
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S. 43.................................... |
rep. No. 8, 2005 |
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S. 44.................................... |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
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rep. No. 152, 1997 |
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S. 45.................................... |
rep. No. 152, 1997 |
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Division 2 |
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S. 47.................................... |
am. No. 88, 1995; No. 134, 2003; No. 103, 2010 |
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S. 48.................................... |
am. Nos. 41 and 173, 1991 |
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Part 6 |
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S. 51.................................... |
rs. No. 95, 1995 |
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S. 51A................................. |
ad. No. 95, 1995 |
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am. No. 146, 1999 |
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S. 54.................................... |
am. No. 46, 2011 |
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Note to s. 54(1).................. |
ad. No. 46, 2011 |
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S. 55.................................... |
rs. No. 95, 1995 |
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Part 7 |
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S. 57.................................... |
am. No. 146, 1999; No. 5, 2011 |
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S. 60.................................... |
am. No. 95, 1995 |
Table A
Application, saving or transitional provisions
Financial Framework Legislation Amendment Act 2005 (No. 8, 2005)
Schedule 2
174 Saving provision--provisions that formerly referred to the Treasurer
(1) Any thing that:
(a) was done by the Treasurer, or by a delegate of the Treasurer, before the commencing time under an affected provision; and
(b) was in effect immediately before the commencing time;
continues to have effect after the commencing time as if it had been done by the Finance Minister under the affected provision.
(2) In this item:
affected provision means a provision that is amended by an item in this Schedule so as to replace references to the Treasurer with references to the Finance Minister.
commencing time means the day this Act receives the Royal Assent.
Finance Minister means the Minister who administers the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.
Acts Interpretation Amendment Act 2011 (No. 46, 2011)
Schedule 3
10 Saving--appointments
The amendments made by Schedule 2 do not affect the validity of an appointment that was made under an Act before the commencement of this item and that was in force immediately before that commencement.
11 Transitional regulations
The Governor-General may make regulations prescribing matters of a transitional nature (including prescribing any saving or application provisions) relating to the amendments and repeals made by Schedules 1 and 2.