PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 NO. 34, 1981 

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 NO. 34, 1981 
- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title.  
2. Commencement  
3. Repeal  
4. Incorporation of Collection Act  
5. Imposition of levy  
6. Rate of levy  
7. Minimum amount of levy  
8. Application of Act  
9. Regulations  

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
- SECT 1
Short title.

                     PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY)
                                    ACT 1981
                                 No. 34 of 1981

      An Act to impose a levy in respect of certain ships in Australian ports
with oil on board

  BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives
of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:
Short title
  1. This Act may be cited as the Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy) Act
1981*1*

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Commencement

  2. (1) This Act shall come into operation on a date to be fixed by
Proclamation.
  (2) The date fixed under sub-section (1) shall not be a date other than the
first day of a quarter.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Repeal

  3. The Pollution of the Sea by Oil (Shipping Levy) Act 1972 is repealed.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Incorporation of Collection Act

  4. The Protection of the Sea (Shipping Levy Collection) Act 1981 is
incorporated in, and shall be read as one with, this Act.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Imposition of levy

  5. Where, at any time during a quarter when a ship to which this Act applies
was in an Australian port, there was on board the ship a quantity of oil in
bulk weighing not less than 10 tonnes, levy is imposed in respect of the ship
for the quarter.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Rate of levy

  6. The rate of levy for a quarter is such rate, being a rate not exceeding 4
cents per ton of the tonnage of a ship, as is prescribed and is, in accordance
with the regulations, applicable to the quarter.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Minimum amount of levy

  7. Where, but for this section, the amount of the levy payable in respect of
a ship for a quarter would be less than such amount, being an amount not
exceeding $25, as is prescribed for the purposes of this section and is, in
accordance with the regulations, applicable to the quarter, the amount of the
levy payable in respect of the ship for the quarter is the amount so
prescribed.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Application of Act

  8. This Act applies to a ship (including a ship that is laid up) the tonnage
of which exceeds 100 tons, but does not apply to a ship -

  (a) that belongs to, or is for the time being demised or sub-demised to or
in the exclusive possession of, an arm of the Defence Force of Australia or
the armed forces of a country other than Australia;

  (b) that belongs to, or is for the time being demised or sub-demised to or
in the exclusive possession of, the Commonwealth or a State or Territory, or
an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, and is not
engaged in trade; or

  (c) the beneficial interest in which is vested in the Commonwealth or a
State or Territory, or an authority of the Commonwealth or of a State or
Territory, and that is not engaged in trade.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981
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Regulations

  9. The Governor-General may make regulations for the purposes of sections 6
and 7.

PROTECTION OF THE SEA (SHIPPING LEVY) ACT 1981 No. 34, 1981 - NOTE

                                      NOTE
  1. Act No. 34, 1981; assented to 14 April 1981.