{"id":"F2015L00336","name":"Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Prescribed Ship — Intra-State Trade) Declaration 2015","slug":"seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92859,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00336-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Prescribed Ship — Intra-State Trade) Declaration 2015","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nCOmmonwealth of Australia\n\nSeafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992\n\nSeafarers rehabilitation and compensation (Prescribed Ship — Intra-State Trade) Declaration 2015\n\nI, Eric Abetz, Minister for Employment, pursuant to section 3A of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (‘the Act’), hereby declare:\n\n1)     That a ship that would be covered by paragraph 10(b) or (c) of the Navigation Act 1912 and that would not be covered by paragraph 10(a), if that Act had not been amended, which is only engaged in intra-state trade is not a prescribed ship for the purposes of the Act.\n\n \n\n2)     This declaration takes effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n \n\n3)     This declaration will sunset two years after the date on which it takes effect.\n\n \n\n \n\nERIC ABETZ\n\nDated  19 March 2015                                        \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2413},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The declaration exercises the specific power under section 3A of the Act to define 'prescribed ships.' It performs exactly the targeted exemption function intended by that provision without expanding beyond the original legislative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Counterfactual reference to repealed legislation (Navigation Act 1912) using hypothetical language ('if that Act had not been amended')","Requires cross-referencing to the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 to understand the term 'prescribed ship'","Technical maritime term 'intra-state trade' requiring industry knowledge"],"plain_english_summary":"**What it does:** This declaration removes federal workers' compensation coverage for certain ships that only operate within a single state or territory (intra-state trade).\n\n**Who it affects:** Seafarers working on vessels that:\n- Only conduct trade within one state or territory (not crossing into other states or overseas)\n- Would have been classified under specific exemptions in the old *Navigation Act 1912* (paragraphs 10(b) or (c)) but not under the main interstate trading provisions (paragraph 10(a))\n\n**Why it matters:** The *Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992* provides workers' compensation (injury and illness payments) to seafarers on \"prescribed ships.\" This declaration states that qualifying intra-state vessels are **not** \"prescribed ships,\" meaning their crews must claim under state or territory workers' compensation schemes instead of the federal one.\n\n**Duration:** The declaration was temporary and automatically expired two years after taking effect."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015","history":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/seafarers-rehabilitation-and-compensation-prescribed-ship-intra-state-trade-declaration-2015/documents"}}