Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00673:section:29
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00673
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 29
Character Range: 55494–56259

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.