Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 23

             (1)  Where the Authority is satisfied that, by reason of special circumstances, permission should be granted for an unregistered ship to travel:

                     (a)  from an Australian port to a foreign port; or

                     (b)  from a foreign port to another foreign port or to an Australian port;

it may direct the Registrar to grant a temporary pass in respect of that ship, specifying the voyage which the ship is authorized to make and the time during which the pass remains valid, and the Registrar shall grant the pass accordingly.

             (2)  A temporary pass shall be in the prescribed form.

             (3)  A temporary pass granted in respect of a ship has, subject to the matters specified in the pass, the same effect as a registration certificate and, for the purposes of this Act and of the lawful navigation of the ship on the voyage specified in the pass, the ship shall be deemed to be registered.