Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SHIPPING REGISTRATION ACT 1981 No. 8, 1981 - SECT 9

9. A reference in this Act to a ship on demise charter to an
Australian-based operator shall be read as a reference to a ship (not being a
ship required to be registered or a ship that may be registered by virtue of
paragraph 14 (a), (b) or (c)) on demise charter to -

   (a)  an Australian national or Australian nationals, and to no other
        person; or

   (b)  2 or more persons who include an Australian national or Australian
        nationals, where the Australian national is, or the
        Australian nationals are, as the case may be, in a position to control
        the exercise of the rights and powers of the charterers under the
        charterparty.