Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ADMIRALTY ACT 1988 - SECT 17

    Where, in relation to a general maritime claim concerning a ship or other property, a relevant person:

  (a)   was, when the cause of action arose, the owner or charterer of, or in possession or control of, the ship or property; and

  (b)   is, when the proceeding is commenced, the owner of the ship or property;

a proceeding on the claim may be commenced as an action in rem against the ship or property.