STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998 

- made under the Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Act 1998

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.  Name of regulations [see Note 1]    
2.  Commencement [see Note 1]    
3.  Definitions    
4.  Rates of levy    

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998
- REG 1     Name of regulations [see Note 1] 

 
        These regulations are the Stevedoring Levy (Imposition)
Regulations 1998.

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998
- REG 2     Commencement [see Note 1] 

 
        These regulations commence on gazettal. 

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998
- REG 3     Definitions 

 
        In these regulations:

"Act" means the Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Act 1998.
"Australia" includes the External Territories.
"local cargo" means cargo that is consigned from a port in
Australia to another port in Australia, other than cargo consigned on a through
sea-carriage document to or from a port outside Australia.
"sea-carriage document" means:
        (a)  a bill of lading; or
        (b)  a consignment note; or
        (c)  a sea waybill; or
        (d)  a ship's delivery order; or
        (e)  a document with an effect similar to the documents mentioned in paragraphs
        (a) to (d).

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998
- REG 4     Rates of levy 

 
    (1)  For section 5 of the Act, the rate of levy on loading or
unloading is the amount set out in the following table:

Item

Kind
of loading or unloading

Rate
($)

1

Container
(except local cargo, or a container mentioned in subregulation (3))

12

2

Local
cargo

0

3

Road
vehicle

6

4

Vehicle
other than a road vehicle

0

(2)  In the table in subregulation (1):

"road vehicle" means a vehicle that is designed solely or
principally for transport on public roads of people, animals or goods.
(3)  However, for section 5 of the Act, the rate of levy on loading or unloading
each container in a number of containers that are fastened together, and
handled, as a single unit is the rate worked out by the formula:

        
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STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998

- NOTES

Compilation Information

[GRAPHIC]Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Regulations
1998
Statutory Rules 
1998
No. 
225
as amended
This compilation was prepared on 28 September 2004taking into account
amendments up to SR 1998 No. 351
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,Attorney-General's
Department, Canberra

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998

- NOTES

STEVEDORING LEVY (IMPOSITION) REGULATIONS 1998Notes to the Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Regulations 1998

Note 1
The Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Regulations 1998 (in force under the
Stevedoring Levy (Imposition) Act 1998) as shown in this compilation
comprise Statutory Rules 1998 No. 225 amended as indicated in the Tables
below. 
Table of Statutory Rules

Year
and number

Date
of notification in Gazette

Date
ofcommencement

Application,
saving ortransitional provisions

1998
No. 225

16
July 1998

16
July 1998

1998
No. 351

22
Dec 1998

22
Dec 1998

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Table
of Amendments

ad.
= added or inserted      am. = amended      rep. = repealed      rs. = repealed
and substituted

Provision
affected

How
affected

R.
4	

rs.
1998 No. 351