Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Amendment Act 2013 No 52



n Act to amend the Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2012 to extend the operation of that Act to Port of Newcastle; and for other purposes.
2   Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.
[1]   Section 3 Interpretation—key definitions
Insert “, Port of Newcastle” after “Botany Bay” in the definition of associated port land.
[2]   Section 3, definition of “Port of Newcastle land”
Insert in alphabetical order:
  
Port of Newcastle land means land at Port of Newcastle that is ports assets.
[3]   Section 3, definition of “port SOC”
Insert “, the Newcastle Port Corporation” after “Port Kembla Port Corporation”.
[4]   Section 4 Authorised transfer of ports assets
Insert “, Port of Newcastle land” after “Port Kembla land” wherever occurring in section 4 (1) (a) and (b).
[5]   Schedule 1 Interpretative provisions
Insert in alphabetical order in clause 1:
  
Port of Newcastle land—see section 3.
[6]   Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert “, the Newcastle Port Corporation” after “Port Kembla Port Corporation” wherever occurring in clauses 2 and 3.
[7]   Schedule 5
Insert after Part 2:
  
Part 3 Provision consequent on enactment of Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Amendment Act 2013
5   Application of provisions to Port of Newcastle
A reference in the following provisions to the date of assent to this Act is, in the application of those provisions to or in respect of the Newcastle Port Corporation, to be read as a reference to the date of assent to the Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Amendment Act 2013:
section 22 (Acquisition of land by Ports Assets Ministerial Holding Corporation)
clause 1 of Schedule 3 (Corporate conversion of port SOCs and transaction SOCs)
[1]   Section 3 Definitions
Insert “, Newcastle” after “Botany Bay” in the definition of private port in section 3 (1).
[2]   Section 37 Directions to maintain or improve safety and security
Insert at the end of paragraph (b) of the definition of relevant port lease in section 37 (4):
  
, or
(c)  for Port of Newcastle—a lease to the port operator of land at Port of Newcastle that comprised ports assets under the Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2012 before being leased to the private sector for the purposes of an authorised transaction under that Act.
[3]   Section 47 Definitions generally
Omit paragraph (a1) of the definition of relevant port authority in section 47 (1).
Insert instead:
  
(a1)  in relation to a navigation service charge for Port Kembla or Port of Newcastle—each of the port operator of the port and the appropriate public agency for the port, or
[4]   Section 59 Meaning of “site”
Insert after section 59 (9):
  
(10)  An area at the private port of Port of Newcastle that was a site immediately before the commencement of this subsection (as inserted by the Ports Assets (Authorised Transactions) Amendment Act 2013) is deemed to be a site for the purposes of this Division.
[5]   Schedule 5 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Omit clause 1 (1). Insert instead:
  
(1)  The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act or any Act that amends this Act.
[6]   Schedule 5, clause 22
Insert “, Port of Newcastle” after “Botany Bay” in the definition of settlement day.