Maritime Safety Queensland Act 2002

The Maritime Safety Queensland Fund is established.

Accounts for the fund must be kept as part of the departmental accounts of the department.

Amounts received for the fund must be deposited in a departmental financial institution account of the department but may be deposited in an account used for depositing other amounts of the department.

Amounts received for the fund include the following received by the department—

amounts received for pilotage fees and conservancy dues under TOMSA;

amounts received by the department from other sources for the fund or amounts that must be paid into the fund;

amounts received for the disposal of an asset that the chief executive considers was purchased substantially with amounts paid from the fund;

interest from investment of the fund.

An amount is payable from the fund for the purposes of this Act.

Without limiting subsection (5), an amount may be paid from the fund to the responsible pilotage entity for a compulsory pilotage area for providing, or arranging for the provision of, a pilotage service in the pilotage area.

The Financial Accountability Act 2009 applies to the fund.

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