NAVIGATION ACT 2012 - SECT 17 Definition of Australian Border Force vessel

NAVIGATION ACT 2012 - SECT 17

  (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 .