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BOUNTY (SHIPS) AMENDMENT ACT 1985 No. 76 of 1985 - SECT 24

Transitional provisions
24. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), notwithstanding the amendments of the
Principal Act made by this Act, the Principal Act, and the regulations in
force under that Act at the commencement of this Act, continue to apply to
vessels that were in the course of construction or modification at the
commencement of this Act as if those amendments had not been made.

(2) Where-

   (a)  the construction or modification of a vessel was commenced before the
        commencement of this Act and completed on or after 10 December 1984;

   (b)  the vessel is or was, at the time of the completion of the
        construction or modification of the vessel, intended by the owner of
        the vessel to be exported from Australia; and

   (c)  the vessel was not, at any time before 10 December 1984, intended by
        the owner of the vessel to be exported from Australia, the Principal
        Act as amended by this Act applies to the vessel. 


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