{"id":"F2019L00142","name":"Section 11 exemption for voyages between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Australian states and territories","slug":"section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":98775,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00142-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Section 11 exemption for voyages between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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 the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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 2019 and ceasing on 7 April 2023.\n\nMICHAEL MCCORMACK\n\nDeputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport\n\nDate: 11 February 2019\n\nSchedule\n\nAll vessels undertaking any voyage for the carriage of cargo or passengers between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands 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 the Cocos (Keeling) Islands for unloading or disembarking at another such port.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2523},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument functions exactly as intended under section 11 of the parent Act — a targeted, temporary exemption from coastal trading restrictions for specific voyages serving a remote external territory."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative clause with clear geographic scope (Cocos Islands ↔ mainland)","One exclusionary condition preventing cabotage between mainland ports","Fixed four-year temporal limitation","No definitions section or external cross-references"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This exemption allows ships to transport cargo and passengers between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and mainland Australia without needing a coastal trading license — effectively bypassing Australia's usual cabotage (domestic shipping protection) rules.\n\n**The catch:** While ships can run between the Islands and the mainland, they cannot use this exemption to shuttle cargo between two mainland Australian ports (e.g., from Fremantle to Sydney). If they pick up goods on the mainland, they must deliver them to the Cocos Islands, not to another mainland port.\n\n**Why it exists:** The Cocos (Keeling) Islands are remote Australian territories that rely on maritime connections. This ensures shipping services aren't choked off by licensing requirements designed to protect domestic coastal trade.\n\n**Duration:** This was a time-limited exemption, operating from April 2019 to April 2023."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo","history":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo/history","analysis":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/section-11-exemption-for-voyages-between-the-cocos-keeling-islands-and-australian-states-and-territo/documents"}}