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COASTAL TRADING (REVITALISING AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING) (CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS) BILL 2012

                               2010-2011-2012




      THE PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA




                     HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES




   COASTAL TRADING (REVITALISING AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING)
(CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS)
                        BILL 2012




         SUPPLEMENTARY EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

             Amendments Moved on Behalf of the Government




   (Circulated by authority of the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport,
                   the Honourable Anthony Albanese, MP)
COASTAL TRADING (REVITALISING AUSTRALIAN SHIPPING)
(CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS)
BILL 2012

OUTLINE

The Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) (Consequential Amendments and
Transitional Provisions) Bill 2012 (the Bill) amends certain Commonwealth laws and
provides for transitional arrangements consequential to the enactment of the Coastal Trading
(Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012.

The Bill was referred to two Parliamentary Committee inquiries - one by the House of
Representatives Standing Committee on Infrastructure and Communications and one by the
Senate Standing Economics Legislation Committee. The House of Representatives
Committee delivered its report on 24 May 2012.

The amendments to the Bill are in response to issues raised by stakeholders through the
Parliamentary inquiries, as well as addressing other minor and technical matters to correct
inadvertent mistakes, provide consistency between related legislation and rectify unintended
consequences.


FINANCIAL IMPACT STATEMENT

There will be no impact on Commonwealth expenditure.
NOTES ON CLAUSES

Schedule 1 - Consequential amendments

Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

The Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 does not apply in relation to a
vessel registered in the Australian International Shipping Register wherever the vessel is
located. This is made clear in paragraph 61AA (b) of the Shipping Registration Act 1981, as
amended.

19A    At the end of subsection 19(1)

A note is inserted after subsection 19(1) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation
Act 1992 to alert readers that the Act does not apply if a prescribed ship is a ship registered in
the Australian International Shipping Register as per paragraph 61AA (b) of the Shipping
Registration Act 1981, as amended.

20     After subsection 19(1)

This is a technical amendment.

Schedule 2 - Transitional provisions

Item 3 - Licences to continue in force

A technical correction is made to replace `permit' with `licence' so that the relevant
paragraph reads as "If immediately before commencement, a licence granted under the
coasting trade regulations was in force, the licence remains in force for the period: xxx (ii) if
the Minister decides to cancel the licence--the day the licence is cancelled under the old law
despite its repeal by Schedule 1 to this Act;".




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