COmmonwealth of Australia

Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

Seafarers rehabilitation and compensation (Prescribed Ship — Intra-State Trade) Declaration 2015

I, Eric Abetz, Minister for Employment, pursuant to section 3A of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (‘the Act’), hereby declare:

1)      That a ship that would be covered by paragraph 10(b) or (c) of the Navigation Act 1912 and that would not be covered by paragraph 10(a), if that Act had not been amended, which is only engaged in intra-state trade is not a prescribed ship for the purposes of the Act.

2)      This declaration takes effect on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3)      This declaration will sunset two years after the date on which it takes effect.

ERIC ABETZ

Dated              19 March 2015