Commonwealth: Navigation Amendment Act 2005 (Cth)

Navigation Amendment Act 2005 No. 28, 2005 An Act to amend the Navigation Act 1912, and for related purposes Contents 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Schedule(s) Schedule 1—Amendment of the Navigation Act 1912 Navigation Amendment Act 2005 No. 28, 2005 An Act to amend the Navigation Act 1912, and for related purposes [Assented to 21 March 2005] The Parliament of Australia enacts: 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Navigation Amendment Act 2005. 2 Commencement (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 Column 2 Column 3 Provision(s) Commencement Date/Details 1. Sections 1 to 3 and anything in this Act not elsewhere covered by this table The day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 21 March 2005 2. Schedule 1 The 28th day after the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent. 18 April 2005 Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally passed by the Parliament and assented to. It will not be expanded to deal with provisions inserted in this Act after assent. (2) Column 3 of the table contains additional information that is not part of this Act. Information in this column may be added to or edited in any published version of this Act. 3 Schedule(s) Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. Schedule 1—Amendment of the Navigation Act 1912 1 After subsection 258(3) Insert: (4) An offence against the regulations made by virtue of this section is an indictable offence. 2 Subsections 258(5) and (6) Repeal the subsections. 3 Subsection 258A(1) Omit "(1)". 4 Subsection 258A(1) (penalty) Repeal the penalty, substitute: Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years. 5 Subsection 264(2) Omit "a fine not exceeding $20,000 or imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years, or both", substitute "imprisonment for a period not exceeding 10 years". 6 Subsection 265(1) (penalty) Repeal the penalty, substitute: Penalty: Imprisonment for 4 years. 7 Subsection 265(2) (penalty) Repeal the penalty, substitute: Penalty: Imprisonment for 10 years. 8 Subsection 265(6) (penalty) Repeal the penalty, substitute: Penalty: 50 penalty units. [Minister's second reading speech made in— House of Representatives on 9 December 2004 Senate on 7 March 2005] (235/04)