Protection
of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation
Fund—Customs) Act 1993
Act No. 42 of 1993 as amended
This compilation was prepared on 16 October 2008
taking into account amendments up to Act No. 94 of 2008
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
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Contents
1............ Short title [see Note 1]....................................................................... 1
2............ Commencement [see Note 1].............................................................. 1
3............ Application of the Protection of the Sea (Oil
Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993 1
4............ Imposition of contributions................................................................ 1
5............ Act does not impose tax on property of a State................................ 1
Notes 3
An Act to impose contributions payable under the Protection
of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993, so far as those
contributions are duties of customs
1
Short title [see Note 1]
This Act may be cited as the Protection
of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation
Fund—Customs) Act 1993.
2
Commencement [see Note 1]
This Act commences, or is taken to have
commenced, as the case requires, on the commencement of Chapter 1 of the Protection
of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993.
3
Application of the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund)
Act 1993
Sections 4 and 5 of the Protection
of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993 apply in relation to
this Act in a corresponding way to the way in which they apply in relation to
that Act.
4
Imposition of contributions
(1) Contributions payable under the Protection
of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993 are imposed.
(2) This section imposes contributions only
so far as those contributions are duties of customs within the meaning of
section 55 of the Constitution.
5 Act
does not impose tax on property of a State
(1) This Act does not impose a tax on
property of any kind belonging to a State.
(2) In this section, property of any
kind belonging to a State has the same meaning as in section 114
of the Constitution.
Notes to
the Protection of the Sea (Imposition of
Contributions to Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Customs) Act 1993
Note 1
The Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to
Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Customs) Act 1993 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 42,
1993 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Table of Acts
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Act
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Number
and year
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Date
of Assent
|
Date of commencement
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Application, saving or transitional provisions
|
|
Protection of the Sea (Imposition of Contributions to
Oil Pollution Compensation Fund—Customs) Act 1993
|
42, 1993
|
15 Oct 1993
|
8 Jan 1995 (see s. 2 and Gazette 1994,
No. S462)
|
|
|
Protection of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008
|
94, 2008
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3 Oct 2008
|
Schedule 1 (items 1–5): [see (a)
and Note 2]
|
—
|
(a) Subsection 2(1) (item 2) of the Protection
of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008 provides as follows:
(1) Each provision of this Act specified
in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in
accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has
effect according to its terms.
|
Commencement information
|
|
Column 1
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Column 2
|
Column 3
|
|
Provision(s)
|
Commencement
|
Date/Details
|
|
2.
Schedule 1
|
A single
day to be fixed by Proclamation.
A
Proclamation must not specify a day that occurs before the day on which the
Protocol of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an
International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 enters
into force for Australia.
However,
if the provision(s) do not commence within the period of 6 months beginning
on the day on which the Protocol enters into force for Australia, they commence on the first day
after the end of that period.
If the
provision(s) commence in this way, the Minister must announce by notice in
the Gazette the day on which the Protocol enters into force for Australia.
The notice
is not a legislative instrument.
|
[see
Note 2]
|
Note 2
Protection
of the Sea Legislation Amendment Act 2008 (No. 94, 2008)
The following amendments commence 6 months after the Protocol
of 2003 to the International Convention on the Establishment of an
International Fund for Compensation for Oil Pollution Damage, 1992 enters into
force for Australia unless proclaimed before this 6 month period:
Schedule 1
1 Title
Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.
2 Section 1
Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.
Note: This item amends the short title of the Act. If
another amendment of the Act is described by reference to the Act’s previous
short title, that other amendment has effect after the commencement of this
item as an amendment of the Act under its amended short title (see section 10
of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
3 Section 2
Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.
4 Section 3
Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.
Note: The heading to section 3 is altered by omitting
“Fund” and substituting “Funds”.
5 Subsection 4(1)
Omit “Fund”, substitute “Funds”.
As at 16 October 2008 the amendments are not incorporated
in this compilation.