{"id":"F2006B00469","name":"Navigation Act 1912 - Notice under subsection 286(6) (11/12/2002)","slug":"navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":40658,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B00469-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","sectionType":"part","heading":"COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","content":"# COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Navigation Act 1912","sectionType":"part","heading":"Navigation Act 1912","content":"## Navigation Act 1912\n\nNOTICE UNDER SUBSECTION 286(6)\n\nI, JOHN DUNCAN ANDERSON, Minister for Transport and Regional Services, being satisfied that the tourist traffic between all ports in the Commonwealth or in the Territories except between Victoria and Tasmania is being injured or retarded and that it is desirable that unlicensed ships be permitted to engage in that trade, HEREBY PERMIT unlicensed ships as specified below to engage in the carriage of passengers between any ports in the Commonwealth or in the Territories except between Victoria and Tasmania for the period 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2008.\n\nSpecifications of vessels to which the notice applies and conditions on which notice is given\n\nThis notice applies to vessels in excess of 5000 gross registered tonnes which are:\n\n(a) capable of a speed of at leat 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.\n\nDATED 11 December 2002\n\n……………SIGNED …………………\n\nJohn Anderson\n\nMinister for Transport and Regional Services","sortOrder":1}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2407},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice operates entirely within the existing scope of section 286(6) of the Navigation Act 1912, which expressly authorises the Minister to permit unlicensed ships to engage in coastal trade when satisfied that tourist traffic is being injured. It does not expand, alter, or amend the Act's scope; it merely exercises existing discretionary powers to grant a temporary exemption for specific circumstances."},"complexity_factors":["Single enabling provision reference (section 286(6))","Three clear technical eligibility criteria (tonnage, speed, passenger capacity)","Fixed temporal scope (5-year duration with specific dates)","Single geographic exclusion clause (Victoria-Tasmania route)"],"plain_english_summary":"A temporary ministerial permit under the Navigation Act 1912 allowed large foreign cruise ships to carry passengers between Australian ports (1 Jan 2003–31 Dec 2008) without an Australian coastal trading licence. It applied to big, fast, passenger-focused vessels meeting size/speed/capacity thresholds, but expressly excluded Victoria–Tasmania sailings to protect the Bass Strait trade. The measure aimed to alleviate perceived harm to tourist traffic by enabling international cruise lines to add domestic coastal legs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002","history":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002/history","analysis":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/navigation-act-1912-notice-under-subsection-286-6-11-12-2002/documents"}}