{"id":"F2018L00346","name":"Section 11 exemption for voyages between Norfolk Island and Australian states and territories","slug":"section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99931,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00346-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Section 11 exemption for voyages between Norfolk 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 Norfolk Island and Australian states and territories\n\nI, MICHAEL FRANCIS MCCORMACK, Deputy Prime Minister and 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 2018 and ceasing on 7 April 2023.\n\nMICHAEL MCCORMACK\n\nDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport\n\nDate: 13 March 2018\n\nSchedule\n\nAll vessels undertaking any voyage for the carriage of cargo or passengers between Norfolk 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 Norfolk Island for unloading or disembarking at another such port.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2538},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises the specific exemption power conferred by section 11 of the parent Act, which expressly authorises the Minister to exempt classes of vessels from the Act's requirements. It operates within the original legislative framework."},"complexity_factors":["Single negative exclusion clause in the Schedule that prohibits transhipment between mainland ports","Reference to section 11 of the parent Act without extensive cross-linking","Fixed temporal limitation (5-year duration with specific calendar dates)","Geographical scope requires parsing of 'Commonwealth' versus 'Territories' distinctions"],"plain_english_summary":"This direction creates a narrow exemption from Australia’s coastal trading licence rules to allow foreign and domestic vessels to carry cargo and passengers between Norfolk Island and any Australian state or mainland territory without a licence. It’s designed to keep supplies flowing to the remote island by widening who can operate those routes. The exemption is lost if the same voyage also involves domestic trade between mainland ports."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories","history":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories/history","analysis":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-norfolk-island-and-australian-states-and-territories/documents"}}