Navigation Act 1912-1920
ORDER UNDER SECTION 7
Exemption of Trade with Norfork Island.
Commonwealth of By His Excellency the Governor-
Australia to wit. General of the Commonwealth of Australia
FORSTER,
Governor-General.
Whereas by section 7 of the Navigation Act 1912-1920 it is among other things enacted that the Governor-General may by Order declare that the carrying of passengers or cargo between ports in any Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, or between ports in any such Territory and any other Australian ports; or ports in any other such Territory, shall not be deemed engaging in the coasting trade:
And whereas it is desirable that the carrying of passengers and cargo between Norfolk Island, a Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, and ports in Australia, or ports in any other such Territory, shall not, during the period during which this Order is in force, be deemed, engaging in the coasting trade:
Now therefore I, Henry William, Baron Forster, the Governor-General aforesaid, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, do hereby declare that the carrying of passengers and cargo between Norfolk Island and ports in Australia, or ports in any other Territory under the authority of the Commonwealth, shall not, during the period during which this Order is in force, be deemed engaging in the coasting trade:
And I do further declare that this Order shall come into operation on the first day of January, One thousand nine hundred and twenty-four.
Given under my Hand and the Seal of the Commonwealth,
at Melbourne, this twentieth day of December, in the
(L.S) year of our Lord One thousand nine hundred and twenty-three,
and in the fourteenth year of His Majesty’s reign.
By His Excellency’s Command,
E. K. Bowden
for Minister of State for Trade and Customs.
(N23/5903)
GOD SAVE THE KING!