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Part 1: Revenue Measures (continued)

Infrastructure and Regional Development

National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety — staged implementation of cost recovery

Revenue ($m)
2015‑16 2016‑17 2017‑18 2018‑19 2019‑20
Australian Maritime Safety Authority ‑ 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2

The Government will introduce new cost recovery arrangements to fund the National System for Domestic Commercial Vessel Safety with the first phase applying from 1 July 2016 and the second phase from 1 July 2017. The arrangements implement a national regulatory framework for the safe operation of domestic commercial vessels as agreed by the Council of Australian Governments' Transport and Infrastructure Council.