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Re-write of the Navigation Act 1912
The Navigation Act 1912 is Australia’s primary legislation regulating ship and seafarer safety, shipboard aspects of protection of the marine environment and employment conditions for Australian seafarers. It is a key legislative vehicle to give domestic effect to Australia’s port state control responsibilities and implements a range of international conventions covering matters such as the safety of life at sea; training and certification of seafarers; prevention of collisions at sea; watertight integrity and reserve buoyancy of ships; pollution prevention standards for ships; safety of containers, salvage; and regulations to determine gross and net tonnage of ships.
The Navigation Act 1912 is 100 years old. In the course of its lifetime it has been amended many times, often on an ad hoc basis without a strategic focus. As a result, it embodies a mix of archaic and modern concepts. At the NATSHIP 2009 Conference in Sydney on 5 June 2009, the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, the Hon Anthony Albanese MP, announced that the Government would rewrite the Navigation Act 1912.
The Minister stated that the Navigation Act 1912 would be redrafted in plain language, to reflect contemporary conditions and practices, to do away with unnecessary and out-dated provisions, and provide much-needed confidence and certainty for industry.
Navigation Bill 2012 Exposure Draft
Work on the ‘rewrite’ of the Navigation Act 1912 has now progressed to the stage where a draft of the Navigation Bill is ready for review by stakeholders.
- Draft Bill [
PDF: 1259 KB] [
DOC: 844 KB]
In addition, the Department is pleased to provide a Discussion Paper that details the development of the Bill and the policy decisions made.
- Discussion paper [PDF: 742 KB] [DOC: 644 KB]
Consultation Phase
The Department welcomes your feedback on the exposure draft. A feedback form has been included in the discussion paper to facilitate comments on the draft Bill. In addition, stakeholders are invited to indicate their interest in participating in workshops to discuss issues of interest to stakeholders.
The Department has set up a dedicated email address to receive comments at navactrewrite@infrastructure.gov.au.
Comments should be received by the Department no later than Friday, 16 March 2012.
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