{"id":"F2013L00450","name":"Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 - Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian States and Territories","slug":"coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":172732,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L00450-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 - Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian States and Territories","content":"![http://communications/Logos/AustGovt_inline%20logo.jpg](image.001.jpeg)\n\nCoastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012\n\nSection 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian States and Territories\n\nI, ANTHONY NORMAN ALBANESE, Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, for the purposes of section 11 of the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012, having taken into account all relevant considerations, hereby direct that the provisions of the Coastal Trading Act (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 do not apply to the class of vessels described in the Schedule below.\n\nThis exemption has effect for the period commencing 8 April 2013 and ceasing on 7 April 2018.\n\nANTHONY ALBANESE\n\nMinister for Infrastructure and Transport\n\nDate: 19 February 2013\n\nSchedule\n\nAll vessels undertaking any voyage for the carriage of cargo or passengers between Christmas Island and any port in the Commonwealth or in the Territories, but not including any voyage in the course of which a vessel takes on cargo or passengers from any port in the Commonwealth or in the Territories other than a port in Christmas Island for unloading or disembarking at another such port.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2238},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument maintains its original limited scope as a targeted exemption for Christmas Island supply chains. It has not expanded beyond the specific geographic and temporal parameters set at its creation."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to parent Act without restating the operative prohibitions being exempted","Negative exclusion clause in the Schedule creating a boundary condition ('but not including')","Temporal limitation requiring specific date tracking (5-year sunset clause)","Nested geographic scope involving 'the Commonwealth', 'Territories', and specific port restrictions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily exempts voyages between Christmas Island and mainland Australia (or other Australian territories) from the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012’s usual licensing and permit requirements. It only applies where Christmas Island is the origin or destination and cannot be used to carry on coastal trade between two mainland ports on the same trip. The change affects shipping operators serving the island and island residents/businesses reliant on sea transport, and is time‑limited to five years."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c","history":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c/history","analysis":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/coastal-trading-revitalising-australian-shipping-act-2012-section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-c/documents"}}