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SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 - SECT 29

Certain ships to have Australian nationality

             (1)  The following ships shall, for all purposes, be taken to be Australian ships and to have Australian nationality:

                     (a)  registered ships;

                     (b)  unregistered ships (other than ships required to be registered), being:

                              (i)  Australian‑owned ships referred to in section 13;

                             (ii)  ships wholly owned by residents of Australia or by residents of Australia and Australian nationals; or

                            (iii)  ships operated solely by residents of Australia or Australian nationals or both.

             (2)  Nothing in subsection (1) shall be taken to alter the character of a ship as an article of personal property.

             (3)  In this section, unregistered ship means a ship that is not registered under this Act or under the law of a foreign country.



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