Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Bill 2023
Uniform Legislation and Statutes Review Committee· 8 August 2023general_report
The WA parliamentary committee reviewed the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel National Law Application) Bill 2023, focusing on its impact on parliamentary sovereignty. The committee identified several clauses in the Bill, the Intergovernmental Agreement, and the National Law that could erode WA's law-making powers, particularly 'Henry VIII' clauses.
Impact
The Bill impacts domestic commercial vessel operators in WA, ensuring national regulation of all such vessels. It also affects the WA Parliament's legislative authority. The disallowance mechanism in the Bill provides some protection of parliamentary sovereignty.
transportpublic_sectormarine safetydomestic commercial vesselsnational lawparliamentary sovereigntyHenry VIII clausesuniform legislationintergovernmental agreementdisallowance mechanismmaritime regulationvessel safety
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