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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally - Regulations

445: Regulations for fees and charges

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"Rules about paying fees for using ships and sea services"

The Governor-General can make rules about fees and charges for maritime purposes. You might have to pay fees or charges to use facilities or services related to ships and the sea. The fees or charges can be used to pay for things like maintaining facilities or providing services.

The rules can say who has to pay the fees or charges and when they have to be paid. The rules can also say that you might have to pay extra fees if you need a service outside of normal working hours. You can find more information about how these rules are published by looking at Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019.

The rules can be different for different people or situations. For example, you might get a discount if you pay your fees on time. The rules can also say that you can get a refund if you don't need a service anymore.

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Part 30Miscellaneous provisions applying to this Act generally
Regulations

445Regulations for fees and charges

  1. Without limiting the power to make regulations conferred by any other section of this Act, but subject to the provisions of this Act, the Governor-General may from time to time make regulations prescribing, or providing for the fixing of, fees or charges, or both, for the following purposes:

  2. to provide funds for the establishment, maintenance, and operation of facilities, works, goods, and services under this Act:
    1. to meet, or assist in meeting, the costs and expenses incurred by the Authority, the Director, or the Crown in the exercise of functions or powers, or in the performance of duties, or the provision of services under this Act:
      1. to meet, or assist in meeting, the costs and expenses incurred by the Authority, the Director, or the Crown in providing goods, services, facilities, or works for maritime purposes or for the purposes of protecting the marine environment.

        1. Different rates of fees or charges, or both, may be so prescribed or fixed in respect of different classes of persons, ships, offshore installations, pipelines, maritime products, marine protection products, or any other property or item, or on the basis of different times of use, or on any other differential basis.

        2. Any regulation made under subsection (1) may—

        3. specify the persons by whom, and to whom, any fees or charges, or both, are payable:
          1. prescribe, or provide for the fixing of, additional fees or charges, or both, for services or work carried out outside normal working hours, at weekends, or on statutory holidays:
            1. prescribe, or provide for the fixing of, charges for reimbursement of travelling time, accommodation and other expenses:
              1. provide for the refund, waiver, or rebate or enable the refund, waiver, or rebate, of any fee or charge, or both:
                1. fix, or allow the fixing, of a date by which any fee or charge is to be paid:
                  1. provide for, or allow the fixing of, a discount for early payment of any fee or charge as a penalty for late payment, or both:
                    1. prescribe any returns, and the conditions relating to such returns, to be made by persons by whom any fees or charges are payable.

                      1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

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                      Notes
                      • Section 445(1)(b): amended, on , by section 161 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).
                      • Section 445(3)(d): amended, on , by section 76(1)(a) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                      • Section 445(3)(d): amended, on , by section 76(1)(b) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                      • Section 445(3)(e): amended, on , by section 76(2) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                      • Section 445(3)(f): amended, on , by section 76(3) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                      • Section 445(3)(g): amended, on , by section 76(4) of the Maritime Transport Amendment Act 2013 (2013 No 84).
                      • Section 445(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).