Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ADMIRALTY ACT 1988 - SECT 18

                   Where, in relation to a maritime claim concerning a ship, a relevant person:

                     (a)  was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer, or in possession or control, of the ship; and

                     (b)  is, when the proceeding is commenced, a demise charterer of the ship;

a proceeding on the claim may be commenced as an action in rem against the ship.