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2023 Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian states and territories

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This instrument directs (under s 11) that the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012 does not apply to vessels on voyages carrying cargo or passengers between Christmas Island and any Australian state or territory. The exemption is time‑limited, effective 8 April 2023 to 7 April 2028.

Mechanically, the Minister removes Act licensing and related compliance obligations for that class; voyages that embark cargo or passengers at other Australian ports for discharge elsewhere are excluded from the exemption.

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2023 Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian states and territories

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Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012

2023 Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian states and territories

I, CATHERINE FIONA KING, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, 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.

This exemption has effect for the period commencing 8 April 2023 and ceasing on 7 April 2028.

CATHERINE KING

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Date: 6 March 2023

Schedule

All vessels undertaking any voyage for the carriage of cargo or passengers between Christmas 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 Christmas Island for unloading or disembarking at another such port.

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Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012

2023 Section 11 exemption for voyages between Christmas Island and Australian states and territories

This exemption has effect for the period commencing 8 April 2023 and ceasing on 7 April 2028.

CATHERINE KING

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

Date: 6 March 2023

Schedule