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Navigation Act 2012
17Definition of Australian Border Force vessel
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17 Definition of Australian Border Force vessel
(1) A vessel is an Australian Border Force vessel if it is: (a) used or for use for the purposes of the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of the Australian Border Force Act 2015); and (b) declared by AMSA by written instrument under subsection (2) to be an Australian Border Force vessel. (2) AMSA may make a declaration that a vessel, or vessel included in a class of vessels, is an Australian Border Force vessel. (3) A declaration made under subsection (2) is not a legislative instrument.