Commonwealth Numbered Acts

SHIPS (CAPITAL GRANTS) ACT 1987 No. 74, 1987 - SECT 6

6. (1) For the purposes of this Act:

   (a)  tankers on foreign voyages constitute a category of ships;

   (b)  tankers on domestic voyages constitute a category of ships; and

   (c)  non-tankers on voyages constitute a category of ships.

(2) The regulations may declare that, for the purposes of this Act:

   (a)  a specified ship on specified voyages constitutes a category of ships;

   (b)  ships in a specified class of ships on specified voyages constitute a
        category of ships;

   (c)  a specified ship on voyages constitutes a category of ships; or

   (d)  ships in a specified class of ships on voyages constitute a category
        of ships.

(3) The power of the Governor-General to make regulations referred to in
subsection (2) in relation to a ship or ships shall be exercised only on
advice of the Executive Council, being advice that has had regard to:

   (a)  the differences between the ship or ships and other ships;

   (b)  the differences between the use or operation of the ship or ships and
        other ships;

   (c)  the voyages likely to be made by the ship or ships; and

   (d)  the frequency with which the ship or ships will make particular
        voyages.

(4) For the purposes of this Act, where a ship on a voyage falls into a
regulation category, the ship shall not be taken to fall into a statutory
category while on that voyage.