#### 8AA Declaration that Act applies in relation to trading ships engaging in intra‑state trade (1) The owner of a trading ship may apply to the Authority for a declaration under subsection (2) in relation to the ship. (2) The Authority may, in writing, declare that this Act applies in relation to the ship even when the ship is proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage or an inter‑state voyage. (3) The declaration has effect despite section 2. (4) A declaration under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument for the purposes of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003. (5) If a declaration under subsection (2) is in force in relation to a trading ship, then, for the purposes of this Act, the ship is to be taken not to be a ship referred to in subsection 2(1).

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