Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

NAVIGATION ACT 1912 - SECT 2

             (1)  Except in so far as the application of this section is expressly excluded by a provision of this Act, this Act does not apply in relation to:

                     (a)  a trading ship proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage or an inter‑State voyage;

                     (b)  an Australian fishing vessel proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage;

                    (ba)  a fishing fleet support vessel proceeding on a voyage other than an overseas voyage;

                     (c)  an inland waterways vessel; or

                     (d)  a pleasure craft;

or in relation to its owner, master or crew.

             (2)  A ship shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be proceeding on a voyage from the time when it is got under way for the purpose of proceeding on the voyage until the time when it is got under way for the purpose of proceeding on another voyage.

             (3)  A voyage of an Australian fishing vessel, being a ship that is regularly engaged in making voyages from a port or ports in Queensland, commencing at a port in that State and ending at the same port or another port in that State shall not be taken to be an overseas voyage by reason only that, as an incidental part of its fishing operations on that voyage, the ship calls at a port or ports in Papua New Guinea.

             (4)  A ship's voyage is to be taken not to be an overseas voyage for the purposes of this Act if the voyage:

                     (a)  commences in a port in an external Territory; and

                     (b)  ends at a port in that Territory.