{"id":"F2006B00475","name":"Navigation Act 1912-1953 - Order under section 7 - Exemption of Trade with Cocos (Keeling) Islands (28/06/1956)","slug":"navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40664,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00475-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Navigation Act 1912-1953 - Order under section 7 - Exemption of Trade with Cocos (Keeling) Islands (28/06/1956)","content":"Navigation Act 1912-1953.\n\nORDER UNDER SECTION 7.\n\nExemption of Trade with Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n\nCommonwealth of By His Excellency the Governor\\-\n\nAustralia to wit. General in and over the Commonwealth\n\nW. J. Slim of Australia.\n\nGovernor\\-General.\n\nWhereas by section 7 of the Navigation Act 1912-1953 it is among other things enacted that the Governor-General may by Order declare the carrying of passengers or cargo between ports in any Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, or between ports in any such Territory and any other Australian ports, or ports in any other such Territory, shall not be deemed engaging in the coasting trade:\n\nAnd whereas it is desirable that the carrying of passengers or cargo between Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, and ports in Australia, or ports in any other such Territory, shall not, during the period during which this Order is in force, be deemed engaging in the coasting trade:\n\nNow therefore I, Sir William Joseph Slim, the Governor-General aforesaid, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby declare that the carrying of passengers and cargo between Cocos (Keeling) Islands and ports in Australia, or ports in any other Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, shall not, during the period during which this Order is in force, be deemed engaging in the coasting trade.\n\nGiven under my Hand and the Great Seal of the Common\\-  \nwealth this twenty-eighth day of JUNE in the  \n(L.S.) year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and  \nfifty-six, and in the fifth year of Her Majesty’s reign.\n\nBy His Excellency’s Command,\n\nSHANE PALTRIDGE\n\nMinister of State for Shipping and Transport.\n\nGOD SAVE THE QUEEN!\n\n\\-(Ex. Min. No. 16)","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2247},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Order represents a standard exercise of the specific power granted by section 7 of the Navigation Act 1912-1953, which was expressly designed to allow the Governor-General to exempt trade with Commonwealth Territories from coasting trade restrictions. The scope aligns precisely with the original legislative intent to facilitate transport connections with remote Territories."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing no subsections or divisions","Only one external statutory reference (section 7 of the Navigation Act)","No defined terms or interpretation clauses","Simple temporal limitation phrased as 'during the period during which this Order is in force'"],"plain_english_summary":"This Order creates an exemption to Australia’s domestic shipping rules (the **coasting trade**) for the Cocos (Keeling) Islands.\n\n**What is the coasting trade?**\nNormally, Australian law restricts the transport of passengers and cargo between Australian ports to specially licensed or Australian-registered ships. This protects local shipping companies from foreign competition.\n\n**What this Order does:**\nIt declares that moving passengers or cargo between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and mainland Australia (or other Australian Territories) is **not** considered coasting trade.\n\n**Why this matters:**\nThis exemption allows any ship—not just Australian-licensed ones—to service routes between the mainland and this remote Indian Ocean Territory. Without this exemption, shipping companies would need special permits to operate these routes, potentially limiting transport options and increasing costs for the isolated island community."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1","history":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-1953-order-under-section-7-exemption-of-trade-with-cocos-keeling-islands-28-06-1/documents"}}