{"id":"F2016L01308","name":"Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 Section 11 Exemption for cruise vessels (9 August 2016)","slug":"coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":94863,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2016L01308-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 Section 11 Exemption for cruise vessels (9 August 2016)","content":"![AustGovt_inline](image.001.jpeg)\n\nCoastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012\n\nSection 11 exemption for cruise vessels\n\nI, DARREN JEFFREY CHESTER, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, for purposes of section 11 of the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012, having taken into account all relevant considerations, hereby direct that the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 does not apply to all cruise vessels in excess of 5000 gross tonnes and meeting the criteria detailed below.\n\nSpecifications of vessels to which the exemption applies and conditions on which the exemption is given\n\nThis exemption applies to vessels in excess of 5000 gross tonnes which are:\n\n(a) capable of a speed of at least 15 knots;\n\n(b) capable of carrying at least 100 passengers; and\n\n(c) utilised wholly or primarily for the carriage of passengers between any ports in the Commonwealth or in the Territories, except between Victoria and Tasmania.\n\nThis exemption has effect for the period commencing from 1 January 2018 and ceasing on 31 December 2018.\n\nDARREN CHESTER\n\nMinister for Infrastructure and Transport\n\nDated 9 August 2016","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1567},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument temporarily narrowed the scope of the Coastal Trading Act by exempting large cruise vessels from licensing requirements for calendar year 2018. Compared to the Act's original intent (which restricts domestic shipping to Australian-licensed vessels), this created a carve-out allowing foreign-flagged cruise ships to operate on domestic routes, except for the Victoria-Tasmania corridor."},"complexity_factors":["Single reference to parent Act (section 11)","Four simple cumulative criteria (tonnage, speed, passenger capacity, primary use)","Single geographic exclusion (Victoria-Tasmania)","Fixed temporal duration (one calendar year)","No defined terms or nested conditional logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This temporary 2018 exemption let large ocean cruise ships (over 5,000 GT, ≥15 knots, carrying ≥100 passengers and used mainly for passengers) operate between Australian ports without the Coastal Trading Act licence normally required. It eased participation by international cruise lines and supported tourism but excluded the Victoria–Tasmania (Bass Strait) route to protect local ferry operators."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-","history":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-cruise-vessels-9-/documents"}}