Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012

Section 11 exemption for voyages between the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Australian states and territories

I, 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.

This exemption has effect for the period commencing 8 April 2019 and ceasing on 7 April 2023.

MICHAEL MCCORMACK

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

Date: 11 February 2019

Schedule

All 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.